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In Florida, timely injustice
At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing. Not to canonize the man. After all, the then-governor of Illinois was later imprisoned on corruption charges. But that doesn't change the fact that, in 2000, stung that 13 inmates had been...
Tags: Rick Scott, Death Penalty, The Miami Herald, Regional Authority, Executive Branch
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In death penalty repeal, reason over revenge at long last
Many of us believe that capital punishment, first used in the Province of Maryland in 1638, should have been relegated to the trash heap long ago. Politicians in Annapolis had overwhelming evidence of its costly and debilitating flaws for many years,...
Tags: Baltimore County, Elections, Maryland General Assembly, Bill Clinton, Murder
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U.S. drops part of case against Currie
Federal prosecutors have dropped nearly half of the bribery charges against state Sen. Ulysses Currie, chopping seven counts that were connected to an outdated legal theory.
Currie, a Democrat, remains accused of accepting bribes from a grocery chain...Tags: Illinois, Baltimore County, Corporate Crime, Republican Party, Public Officials
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Death penalty debate focuses on redemption
sun reporterHis case had become a cause celebre. To his supporters, Stanley "Tookie" Williams, the gang founder who spent his years on death row warning people away from the violent culture he helped to create, was living proof that a condemned killer could be...Tags: Nature, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., George W. Bush, Jamie Foxx, Local Government
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Death penalty stands differ
Sun StaffA one-line summary of where Maryland's two leading gubernatorial candidates stand on the death penalty would imply they are of equal minds: Both believe people should die for committing certain crimes. But a closer examination of their positions,...Tags: Family, Polls, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Baltimore County, Bill Clinton
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Elsewhere, questions about death penalty
Sun StaffShortly after Illinois Gov. George Ryan took office in 1999, he was faced with the case of Anthony Porter. Porter was scheduled to die for murder, but his lawyer earned a reprieve two days before the execution because of questions about whether his...Tags: Regional Authority, Punishment, Lawyers, Maryland, Health and Safety at School
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Cases of misidentification prompt calls for change
Sun ReporterThree people, including the teacher raped in her Towson apartment, picked Bernard Webster from a police lineup in 1982, essentially ensuring the Baltimore man's conviction. Two years later, two boys from Rosedale said they recognized Kirk Bloodsworth...Tags: Baltimore County, Research, Sex Crimes, Trials, Witnesses
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Glendening halts executions
Sun StaffParris N. Glendening became the second governor in the nation to impose a moratorium on the death penalty, ordering a halt yesterday to next week's execution of Wesley Eugene Baker while a state-ordered University of Maryland study of capital punishment...Tags: Family, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Baltimore County, Regional Authority, Parties and Movements
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In Florida, a question of timely injustice
At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing. Not to canonize the man. After all, the then-governor of Illinois was later imprisoned on corruption charges. But that doesn't change the fact that, in 2000, stung that 13 inmates had been...
Tags: Regional Authority, Punishment, Illinois Governor, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Rick Scott
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Column: In Florida, timely injustice
At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing. Not to canonize the man. After all, the then-governor of Illinois was later imprisoned on corruption charges. But that doesn’t change the fact that, in 2000, stung that 13 inmates...Tags: Regional Authority, Punishment, Illinois Governor, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Rick Scott
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Voice of the People, May. 11
Promoting gambling Mayor Rahm Emanuel has made a video using the plight of Chicago's schoolchildren to promote the building of a casino in Chicago. This resurrects sad memories for many of us of the Illinois Lottery's self-justification in 1974 that...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Elections, Local Government, Oak Lawn, Social Services
May 19, 2013
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Jan 14, 2003
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May 19, 2013
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May 18, 2013
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May 11, 2013
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