Maryland Daily Record » julius henson http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Thu, 23 May 2013 17:29:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Week in review: 6/15/12  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/14/week-in-review-61512/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/14/week-in-review-61512/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:35:24 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=217345 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Study: State should bet on 6 for casinos Maryland’s gambling market can absorb a sixth casino — and already-approved facilities will make more money — if the state also legalizes table games, according to a joint study by state fiscal analysts and PricewaterhouseCoopers. A casino at National Harbor in Prince George’s County with 3,000 slot [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/14/week-in-review-61512/feed/ 0 Henson sentenced to 60 days in prison for robocalls  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/13/henson-sentenced-to-60-days-in-prison-for-robocalls/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/13/henson-sentenced-to-60-days-in-prison-for-robocalls/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 15:39:01 +0000 Kristi Tousignant http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=217240 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Political consultant Julius Henson was sentenced to 60 days in prison Wednesday for his role in sending automated robocalls to curb Democrat voters from heading to the polls in the 2010 gubernatorial election. Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Emanuel Brown sentenced Henson to a year in prison with all but 60 days suspended. Brown also [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/13/henson-sentenced-to-60-days-in-prison-for-robocalls/feed/ 0 Craig A. Thompson: After trials, let’s focus on voter turnout  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/31/craig-a-thompson-after-trials-lets-focus-on-voter-turnout/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/31/craig-a-thompson-after-trials-lets-focus-on-voter-turnout/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 22:17:08 +0000 Craig A. Thompson http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=216420 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Both during and after the very public fraud and conspiracy trials of members of former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.’s campaign team, discussions surrounding voter suppression filled the airwaves and public domain. Radio show hosts railed against the notion that the rights of voters we being trampled. Journalists wrote stories about the history of voter [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/31/craig-a-thompson-after-trials-lets-focus-on-voter-turnout/feed/ 0 Week in review – 6/1/12: Baltimore County to study Sparrows Point use  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/31/week-in-review-6112-baltimore-county-to-study-sparrows-point-use/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/31/week-in-review-6112-baltimore-county-to-study-sparrows-point-use/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 21:41:20 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=216410 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Officials: We’ll shut down EBDI project A group of East Baltimore elected officials vowed to shut down construction, public funding and permits at the $1.8 billion East Baltimore Development Inc. project, saying that the massive development effort has failed to hire local workers and companies, build housing for relocated families and return financial benefits to [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/31/week-in-review-6112-baltimore-county-to-study-sparrows-point-use/feed/ 0 Henson hit with $1M judgment  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/29/henson-hit-with-1m-judgment/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/29/henson-hit-with-1m-judgment/#comments Wed, 30 May 2012 00:03:03 +0000 Steve Lash http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=216262 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Universal Elections and its owner, Julius Henson, to pay a total of $1 million to the state for violating federal law by sending recorded telephone messages to more than 112,000 Democrats in Baltimore city and Prince George’s County on Election Day 2010 saying they should “relax” because the Democrats [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/29/henson-hit-with-1m-judgment/feed/ 0 Henson’s defense lawyer played to his strengths, observers say  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/11/jury-acquits-henson-of-most-serious-charges/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/11/jury-acquits-henson-of-most-serious-charges/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 15:35:48 +0000 Ben Mook http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215116 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Despite the same prosecutors, the same set of facts and the same defense — each defendant blaming each other — two separate city juries have handed down wildly varying verdicts over a series of automated calls made to Democrat voters in 2010. A Baltimore jury on Friday convicted political consultant Julius Henson of one count [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/11/jury-acquits-henson-of-most-serious-charges/feed/ 0 Jurors resume deliberations in robocalls case http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/11/jurors-resume-deliberations-in-robocalls-case/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/11/jurors-resume-deliberations-in-robocalls-case/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 15:02:09 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215187 Jurors have begun the third day of deliberations in the trial of a campaign consultant accused of using Election Day robocalls to suppress black voter turnout in the 2010 gubernatorial election. Jurors began deliberations Wednesday afternoon and returned Friday morning to a Baltimore courthouse to continue considering the case against Julius Henson. The consultant worked [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/11/jurors-resume-deliberations-in-robocalls-case/feed/ 0 Henson jury asks for description of charges  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/10/henson-jury-asks-for-description-of-charges/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/10/henson-jury-asks-for-description-of-charges/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 23:11:14 +0000 Ben Mook http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215163 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The jury in the election fraud case of political consultant Julius Henson deliberated for a full day on Thursday in Baltimore City Circuit Court before heading home without a verdict. The jury — seven women and five men, 10 of them black — sent a note a little before noon asking for Judge Emanuel Brown’s [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/10/henson-jury-asks-for-description-of-charges/feed/ 0 Deliberations to begin in robocalls trial http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/09/deliberations-to-begin-in-robocalls-trial/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/09/deliberations-to-begin-in-robocalls-trial/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 19:10:31 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215049 Maryland’s state prosecutor calls the claim of a campaign consultant for Republican former Gov. Robert Ehrlich that 2010 Election Day robocalls were a counterintuitive attempt to stimulate voter turnout “ridiculous.” Attorneys presented closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of Julius Henson, who is accused of leaving an authority line off the call that told Democratic [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/09/deliberations-to-begin-in-robocalls-trial/feed/ 0 Closing arguments underway in robocalls trial http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/09/closing-arguments-expected-in-robocalls-trial-2/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/09/closing-arguments-expected-in-robocalls-trial-2/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 13:56:05 +0000 Associated Press http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=215003 Maryland’s state prosecutor says a campaign consultant for Republican former governor Robert Ehrlich broke the law with election day robocalls in 2010 that were aimed at suppressing black voter turnout. Closing arguments began Wednesday in the case after more than a week of testimony. On trial is Julius Henson, a consultant for Ehrlich’s campaign during [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/05/09/closing-arguments-expected-in-robocalls-trial-2/feed/ 0