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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, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Government, Death Penalty, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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With session over, it's fundraising season
With the season for legislating over in Maryland as of last Monday, the season for raising cash for campaigns has begun. For the next nine months, until the General Assembly convenes in Annapolis Jan. 8, candidates for the legislature, governorship and...
Tags: Interior Policy, Anthony G. Brown, Government, Frederick County (Maryland), Primaries
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Senate panel approves death penalty repeal, altered gun bill
The General Assembly took an important step toward repealing Maryland's death penalty Thursday night when a key committee, for the first time in decades, approved a bill to end capital punishment. The Senate Judicial Proceedings committee voted 6-5 to...
Tags: Laws, Interior Policy, Jamin B. Raskin, Criminals, Joseph M Getty
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Frederick senator says he'll vote for death penalty repeal
Proponents of repeal of the death penalty have picked up a potentially pivotal vote in the Senate with the decision of Sen. Ronald N. Young of Frederick County to support an end to executions in Maryland. In an interview last night, the previously...Tags: Parties and Movements, Government, Death Penalty, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Executive Branch
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Senate committee switch could spring wind bill
UPDATE: An earlier version of this article described the two senators as opponents of death penalty repeal. They are both considered proponents of repeal. A change in the membership of a key Maryland Senate committee could hand Gov. Martin O'Malley a...Tags: Republican Party, E.J. Pipkin, Wind Power, Death Penalty, Political Fundraising
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Marylanders strongly support gun control proposals, poll finds
A new poll shows Marylanders strongly support two gun control measures that Gov. Martin O'Malley has suggested he might ask the General Assembly to pass in the wake of last month's elementary school massacre in Connecticut. On another measure the...
Tags: Interior Policy, Government, Death Penalty, Baltimore County, Annapolis
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O'Malley to lead death penalty repeal bid
Gov. Martin O'Malley will announce Tuesday that he will make an all-out push for repeal of the death penalty in Maryland, renewing an effort that narrowly fell short four years ago. The governor is scheduled to appear at a noon news conference in...
Tags: Republican Party, Parties and Movements, Voting, Government, Death Penalty
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NAACP to step up Maryland death penalty fight
The NAACP is vowing to mount in Annapolis its largest-ever effort to abolish the death penalty in a state, saying Maryland's historic role in the civil rights movement makes it an appropriate place for the push. In an interview, NAACP President Ben...Tags: Government, Death Penalty, Baltimore County, Brian E Frosh, Annapolis
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A better voter ID law
Columnist Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is right about one thing. Voting is the "most sacred right possessed by an American citizen." ("Facts and opinions from the campaign," Sept. 9.) However, the voter ID laws that he and his Republican colleagues support...Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Elections, Democratic Party
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NAACP head calls for death penalty abolition this year
Ben Jealous, the national NAACP president, came to Annapolis Tuesday to call on Maryland legislators to make this the year the state does away with the death penalty. Flanked by several legislators, Jealous said he intends to return to Annapolis...Tags: Criminals, Death Penalty, Baltimore County, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), James Brochin
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Senate panel hears bill to end death penalty
A passionate group of advocates — including NAACP President Benjamin Jealous and an innocent man who was on Maryland's death row for two years — came to Annapolis Wednesday to argue against the state's death penalty. "For this state to...Tags: Government, Baltimore County, Death Penalty, Executive Branch, Annapolis
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Md. legislation targets employer bias against unemployed
Many long-term unemployed have discovered an ugly truth: You need a job to get one. Jobless workers across the country have recounted tales of being written off by a prospective employer if they have been out of work for six months or more. And some...Tags: Business, Labor Legislation, Discrimination, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Unemployment
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