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Baltimore prosecutors lighten up on marijuana possession
Caught with a couple of joints he didn't get the chance to light up, Eric Staton was ordered to appear before a Baltimore judge. Two weeks later, in a basement courtroom on North Avenue, prosecutors said they would drop the possession charge if Staton...
Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Punishment, Annapolis
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UM student charged in child porn sting
A University of Maryland, College Park freshman was arrested this week on charges of distributing child pornography and crossing state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, according to a criminal complaint. The student, Akshay...
Tags: Trials, Punishment, Students, Craigslist, Inc., Police Arrests
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Former Hebron Savings Bank employee sentenced for embezzlement
A former vice president of Hebron Savings Bank in Wicomico County was sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzlement and ordered to pay $456,665 in restitution, federal prosecutors said Thursday. Wanda Henderson, 56, of Westover had used her...
Tags: Lawyers, Banking, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Corporate Crime, Punishment
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House extends controversial DNA collection law
The Baltimore SunAs the U.S. Supreme Court weighs whether to strike down Maryland's controversial DNA collection law, the House of Delegates on Thursday voted to extend it. The 2009 law allows police to collect DNA samples from people arrested for certain violent...Tags: Lawyers, Chemical Industry, American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. Supreme Court, Judges
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Police in Md. holding DNA on people not convicted of crimes
Even as the U.S Supreme Court reviews Maryland's law on police collection of DNA samples, many law enforcement agencies in the state are collecting and holding genetic material from murder victims and people never convicted of crimes. The practices...
Tags: Murder, Local Government, Prince George's County, Identification Technology, Annapolis
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Supreme Court questions sides in challenge of Md. DNA law
Maryland's practice of collecting genetic information from people arrested — but not convicted — on serious charges took the national stage Tuesday, as the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on what Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. called "perhaps the...
Tags: Lawyers, Antonin Scalia, Regional Authority, Government, Identification Technology
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments over Md. DNA case
In a Maryland case that's garnered the attention of the other 49 states, the federal Department of Justice and the national science community, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over whether to restrict police in collecting DNA to solve...Tags: Government, U.S. Congress, Identification Technology, Police Arrests, Barack Obama
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Delegate gets funny, risks payback
In politics it's often said that what goes around comes around. Del. Kathy Szeliga better hope that isn't always true. The Harford County lawmaker is known for her caustic and sometimes witty emails to constituents and reporters. But her most recent...Tags: Christopher B. Shank, YouTube, Republican Party, Richard F. Colburn, Foods and Beverages
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Eileen H. 'Pat' van Breemen, 88, worked to help children with learning disabilities
Eileen H. "Pat" van Breemen, an advocate for children suffering from learning disabilities and a Wicomico County political activist, died Tuesday, from multiple organ failures, at her Salisbury home.
She had recently celebrated her 88th birthday.
The...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Elmhurst, Queen Anne (Prince George's, Maryland), University of Iowa
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State budget has no tax increases, limited spending, leaders say
Gov. Martin O'Malley unveiled Wednesday a budget that is "on the verge" of closing a budget gap that once stood at $2 billion. The governor emphasized the more than 40,000 jobs he expected his $37 billion operating and $3.7 billion capital budget to...
Tags: Michael E. Busch, Employees, Regional Authority, Taxation, Civil and Public Service
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Enterprise Zones in Baltimore, Salisbury area expanded
Tax-break Enterprise Zones in Baltimore and the Eastern Shore will expand after getting an OK from Maryland's economic development agency, the state said Thursday. The city's zone was altered to include Harbor Point and nearby portions of South...
Tags: Harbor East, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, Economic Policy, Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), Baltimore Gas and Electric Co.
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18th-century Italian nobleman makes waves in death penalty case
Attorneys challenging a death sentence before the state's highest court last week dug deeply into online historical documents to divine the intention behind what they think is a never-before-interpreted part of the state's constitution. Public defender...
Tags: Lawyers, Death Penalty, Google Inc., Punishment, Justice System
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