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O'Malley signs death penalty repeal
Surrounded by religious leaders, civil rights activists and others who have fought for years to stop executions in Maryland, Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation Thursday repealing the state's death penalty. Unless the law is overturned in a...
Tags: Referenda, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Justice System, Migration, Punishment
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O'Malley to sign death penalty repeal today
Gov. Martin O'Malley will sign legislation Thursday morning abolishing capital punishment in Maryland -- a goal of his since he took office in 2007. The governor's approval will make Maryland the 18th state to repeal the death penalty. A throng of...
Tags: Archdiocese of Baltimore, Punishment, NAACP, Government, Executive Branch
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Death penalty supporters launch petition drive
One day after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation to abolish capital punishment in Maryland, death penalty supporters said Friday they will launch a petition drive to give voters the opportunity to overturn the new law. At a news conference,...
Tags: Polls, Personal Weapon Control, Justice System, Punishment, NAACP
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Killings in Md. prisons defy efforts to improve security
Phyllis Scott was waiting for the day her son would be released from prison to return to East Baltimore, and she hoped he could steer clear of trouble in the future. But that day never came. Malcolm Jerrod "Rod" Pridget, who was just shy of his 20th...
Tags: Justice System, Murder, Punishment, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Civil Rights
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Maryland taxpayers revolt! Time to clean house in Annapolis
This year's Maryland General Assembly session has led me to conclude the people who control our state government truly are out of touch with folks like me and, I suspect, many of you reading this column. (As if most of you hadn't decided this long ago,...
Tags: Regional Authority, Personal Weapon Control, Punishment, Elections, Maryland General Assembly
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Session behind him, O'Malley says he'll think about whether to run for president
With a productive General Assembly session behind him, Gov. Martin O'Malley said Wednesday that he will use the second half of the year to consider whether to run for the White House. "I need to be spending a lot more energy and time giving serious...
Tags: Regional Authority, Personal Weapon Control, E.J. Pipkin, Elections, Punishment
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What's left for O'Malley?
The knock on Gov. Martin O'Malley by his critics is that everything he does is an effort to pad his resume for a presumed run for president. The latest evidence: He enacted Maryland's most sweeping gun control measures in a generation, abolished the death...
Tags: Regional Authority, Personal Weapon Control, Punishment, Elections, White House
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Assembly moved quickly to pass bevy of landmark bills
This time last year, the Maryland General Assembly was mired in anger and confusion. The House and Senate were feuding over taxes and casino gambling. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael E. Busch were butting heads....
Tags: Regional Authority, Personal Weapon Control, Justice System, Punishment, NAACP
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O'Malley to sign death penalty repeal next week
The Baltimore SunGov. Martin O'Malley plans to sign a law abolishing capital punishment in Maryland next week, though a referendum effort may be on the horizon. O'Malley's spokesman Raquel Guillory confirmed Thursday that the death penalty repeal law is scheduled to...Tags: Polls, Personal Weapon Control, Annapolis, Punishment, Elections
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Local legislators reflect on 2013 General Assembly
The 2013 Maryland General Assembly that came to a close April 8 was, according to two veteran area delegates, the toughest session ever. During the 90-day session, Gov. Martin O'Malley got just about everything on his wish list, including tougher gun...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Elections, Punishment, Maryland General Assembly, Baltimore County
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Gov. O'Malley supports life for murderers, not the unborn
The Maryland legislature recently voted to abolish capital punishment in the state, making Maryland the sixth state in the last six years to eliminate the death penalty. The primary argument for repealing the law is that our justice system is...
Tags: Justice System, Punishment, Abortion, Abortion Issue, Executive Branch
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Md. death penalty died at hands of leftist zealots
As expected, the Maryland General Assembly voted to abolish capital punishment ("Ending executions," March 19). Leftism is the most dynamic and vibrant religion in the West today. In all areas of life, from morals to education, economics and art, it is...
Tags: The Washington Post, Punishment, Newspaper and Magazine, Maryland General Assembly, Barack Obama
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