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Wicomico's voting rights choice
The Eastern Shore's civil rights history is not a happy one. From the lynchings of the 1930s to the Cambridge riots of the 1960s, the Shore has struggled with race relations. Much of that is in the past — although perhaps not entirely. In the late...
Tags: Justice System, American Civil Liberties Union, Civil Rights, Culture, Laws
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Harford executive Craig to make gubernatorial announcement
Harford County Executive David Craig plans to formally announce his bid for Maryland governor this coming Monday, June 3. The initial announcement will happen at 9 a.m. at Craig's Congress Avenue home in Havre de Grace. Following the Havre de Grace...
Tags: Easton (Talbot, Maryland), Maryland General Assembly, Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), American Legion, Morgan State University
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U.S. Supreme Court authorizes post-arrest DNA collection
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that police in Maryland and elsewhere can continue the warrantless collection of DNA from people arrested — but not convicted — of serious crimes. The 5-4 decision upheld a state law that allows...
Tags: Judges, Justice System, Martin O'Malley, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia
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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: Drug Trafficking, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Judges, Justice System, Defendants
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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: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Craigslist, Inc., Students, Pornography
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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: Defendants, Civil Rights, Martin O'Malley, Laws, Douglas F. Gansler
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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: Justice System, Prosecution, Corporate Crime, Punishment, Embezzlement
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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: Judges, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, U.S. Supreme Court, Justice System, American Civil Liberties Union
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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: Local Government, Martin O'Malley, Annapolis, Howard County, Murder
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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: Judges, Justice System, Martin O'Malley, Antonin Scalia, Laws
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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: Nathaniel J McFadden, Sandwiches, YouTube, Justice System, Satellite and Cable Service
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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: Salisbury (Wicomico, Maryland), University of Iowa, Teaching and Learning, Culture, Colleges and Universities
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