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Eagle Archives: German POWs in Westminster helped harvest the crops during World War II
I recently came across a local newspaper headline from May 18, 1945, noting, "German Prisoners For Farm Work." The idea that Carroll County was the home of German prisoners of war during World War II was nothing new to me. I had heard many oral...Tags: Employees, Sociology, Prisons, Carroll County (Maryland), Newspaper and Magazine
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Dr. Ernst F. L. Niedermeyer
Dr. Ernst Friedrich Lepold Niedermeyer, who was a leading researcher, author, clinician and pioneer in the field of electroencephalogy and its use in epilepsy and other brain research, died Thursday of colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson.
The...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Epilepsy, Electroencephalography, Christianity, American Civil War (1861-1865)
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A threat to Maryland's progressive prisoner representation law
Why is a conservative foundation in Iowa seeking to roll back a civil rights law in Maryland?
Three weeks ago, a federal lawsuit funded by the Legacy Foundation was filed against Maryland's proposed congressional redistricting plan. But the lawyers...Tags: Lawyers, Caucasus, Hospitals and Clinics, Prisons, Civil Laws
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Pearl Harbor anniversary: It still lives in infamy
Today, marks the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan and the official entry of the United States into World War II. These stories are excerpted from the book, "Home Front Baltimore" (Johns Hopkins University Press).
Watching "the...Tags: Movies, Baltimore City College, Prisons, Japan, Lexington Market
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Judge OKs death penalty trial in prison guard slaying
The trial of a prisoner charged with killing a state correctional officer will remain a death-penalty case, an Anne Arundel County judge ruled Wednesday, after hearing that the victim's DNA was found on the prisoner's clothing and that witnesses linked...Tags: Murder, Lawyers, Criminal Laws, Prosecution, Prisons
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Rodricks crosses the line
I frequently disagree with Dan Rodricks' views on criminal justice, but his column on November 30th ("Calvin Ash, political prisoner?") was particularly disgusting. To claim that Calvin Ash is a political prisoner is an insult to all those who are being...Tags: Prisons, Wars and Interventions, Criminals
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Perkins patients can be the toughest to treat
As a new chief executive at Clifton T. Perkins investigates what led to two recent slayings at the state's maximum security mental hospital, he will confront a facility full of patients who have become increasingly hardened and troubled.
The system of...Tags: Murder, Hospitals and Clinics, The National (music group), Prisons, Substance Abuse
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Ehrlich: Obama neglects his duty on pardons
This Thanksgiving, President Barack Obama will follow a long-standing presidential tradition of pardoning a pair of turkeys. Unfortunately, he has largely neglected another presidential tradition: pardoning human beings.
Our Founding Fathers entrusted...Tags: Executive Branch, Prisons, Government, Wars and Interventions, Regional Authority
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New death penalty law, appeals delay trials in killing of correctional officer
In the past five years, since corrections officer David McGuinn was stabbed to death at the hulking House of Correction in Jessup, there have been major changes in Maryland's corrections system — new prisons built, new programs added and tighter...Tags: Murder, Lawyers, Prisons, Trials, Witnesses
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Clear televisions help occupy Md. prisoners, keep out contraband
When RCA introduced its first television, the set was encased in clear Lucite, so visitors to the 1939 World's Fair in New York could see the electronic innards and walk away confident that the sound and video were not a mere trick.
Decades later, the...Tags: Murder, Prisons, Trials, Companies and Corporations, Television
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Trying terror suspects in the U.S.: Tough and just
The debate over how the U.S. deals with suspected terrorists captured outside the war zones of Iraq and Afghanistan flared up again last week when the Obama administration announced charges in New York against a Somali man with alleged ties to militant...Tags: Terrorism, Lawyers, Prisons, Defense, Somalia
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