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Why Maryland's death penalty should be abolished

In an attempt to keep one of his signature initiatives alive, Gov. Martin O'Malley wants state lawmakers to re-authorize police to collect DNA samples from crime suspects before the current statute expires later this year.

In light of the death of a 10-year-old in Cecil County by celebratory gunfire on New Year's Eve, police, state's attorneys, victims and experts say preventing, investigating and prosecuting such incidents isn't easy.

Anthony Maurice Cottle, 23, who is accused of videotaping sexual acts with two teenage boys, was already facing state sex abuse charges

West Towson resident and cult film icon used his love of film to cope with a non-fatal shooting last February.

Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge Robert Cahill Jr. on Tuesday sentenced Bradford Steven Holup, who last February non-fatally shot West Towson resident George Stover in the back of the neck during a botched late-night burglary, to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

On Tuesday night, Oct. 23, a purse is the ticket to a good time for the Power of the Purse, an event being hosted, in Towson, by the Baltimore County Commission for Women's and the nonprofit Samaritan Women.

On Tuesday night, Oct. 23, a purse is the ticket to a good time for the Power of the Purse, an event being hosted, in Towson, by the Baltimore County Commission for Women's and the nonprofit Samaritan Women.

The Baltimore County Commission for Women will host a collection of purses in Towson this month as part of a campaign to benefit victims of human trafficking.

The state's highest court has overturned the second-degree murder conviction of Thomas B Harris, convicted of fatally stabbing Karim Cross in a Randallstown bar in 2006.

Two of the four men charged with first-degree murder and other charges in the December 2011 killing of 19-year-old Rodney Pridget outside Towson Town Center mall were found guilty of all charges on Wednesday.

A Baltimore County grand jury has indicted 15-year-old Robert W. Gladden Jr. on 29 counts in the Aug. 27 school shooting that critically injured another Perry Hall High student on the first day of school.

Jury selection began Monday for two of the four men involved in the December 2011 murder at the Towson Town Center mall.

The Towson Area Citizens on Patrol rolled through every corner of Towson Tuesday as part of the National Night Out Celebration

Supreme Court says there's a "fair prospect" that it will overturn a Maryland ruling striking down DNA collection from arrestees.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is allowing police in Maryland to resume collecting DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes.

A Baltimore firefighter has been charged with running an online prostitution ring and an unlicensed after-hours club in a Southwest Baltimore warehouse, according to court records and the fire department.

Lured by its hometown feeling, Arbutus residents, and many others who don't live in the area, endured the heat and 100-degree plus temperatures to enjoy Wednesday afternoon's annual Fourth of July parade.

The mother of the Baltimore County teenager who died in a physical confrontation with an off-duty officer called the lack of police representation at a Randallstown community association meeting Tuesday "a cowardly move."

The family of Christopher Brown — the Randallstown junior who died after an altercation with an off-duty Baltimore County police officer — are demanding the cop be charged.

The family of Christopher Brown, the Randallstown teenager who died after a confrontation with an off-duty Baltimore County police officer last week, has scheduled the funeral for Saturday.

An off-duty Baltimore County police officer was involved with a dispute with a 17-year-old who died following the incident near the officer's Randallstown home Wednesday night, police said.

Recently, the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland celebrated its 50th anniversary and honored the young women who had been selected to "shadow" local executives and politicians. Brianna Simkins was selected to shadow Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz and State's Attorney Scott Schellenberger squared off in a mock trial during the 26th Annual Towson Gardens Day celebration Thursday afternoon, with Kamenetz challenging the merits of Towson's official flower, the azalea.

Gov. Martin O'Malley is signing a bill that will add a modicum of transparency to Maryland's campaign finance system, but it doesn't go nearly far enough.

Police in Maryland have stopped collecting DNA samples from suspects arrested on violent crime and burglary charges after being forced by the state's highest court to drop the crime-fighting tool that has led to the arrest and conviction of dozens of offenders.

State's Attorney for Baltimore County Scott Shellenberger joined forces with Comptroller Peter Franchot Wednesday morning to announce their success in prosecuting cigarette smuggling cases in the county and pledge further enforcement against the burgeoning crime.

Maryland's high court on Tuesday blocked law enforcement agencies from collecting DNA samples at the time of arrest for suspects in violent crimes and burglaries, dealing a blow to one of Gov. Martin O'Malley's signature pieces of legislation.

Towson's official flower, the azalea, will go "on trial" on Thursday, May 3, at 12:15 p.m. following the awards ceremonies for Towson Garden Day, on the steps of the County Court House.

Sam Davis, 61, pleaded guilty in Baltimore County Circuit Court to the first-degree murder of Jacqueline Denise Paul. Prosecutors said Davis stabbed 35-year-old Paul in the chest last April as she lay in bed at the home they shared on Grovethorn Road.

Husband with dementia pushed her, police say

The U.S. Attorney's Office says a Cockeysville man, Leo Aragon Evans, 56, pleaded guilty on Friday, March 9, to producing and possessing child pornography.

Judge S. Ann Brobst finds Michael W. Hester not guilty in the 2010 murder of his neighbor, Eleanor Marie Haley.

Official says killings still low: 'We're not seeing an increase in random crime'

Howard County has moved to bar discrimination against transgender people within its borders; now lawmakers in Annapolis must act to extend similar protections to all Maryland residents