Adnan Syed will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate his conviction after Maryland’s highest court denied his motion for reconsideration on Friday. The Court of Appeals last month reversed lower court rulings and reinstated the conviction for Syed, whose case ...
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An Anne Arundel County jury awarded $1.9 million to the family of a woman killed in 2016 when her vehicle was struck by a trash truck. Janet E. Stomps’ family filed a wrongful death lawsuit in 2017 alleging negligence by ...
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An overhaul of Maryland’s judicial ethics rules that has been years in the making could take effect as early as July 1, though sticking points were in evidence at a Court of Appeals meeting Tuesday. The Standing Committee on Rules of ...
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Baltimore has filed a motion seeking a preliminary injunction to prevent a federal regulation from being implemented in the city that would prohibit family planning clinics receiving federal money from making abortion referrals. The federal Title X program, enacted in ...
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A Baltimore city jury awarded $1.2 million to a woman who has permanent cognitive deficiencies from being exposed to lead paint as a baby. After a five-day trial and two hours of deliberations, a jury of two men and four ...
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Baltimore County is facing a breach of contract lawsuit filed by a major waste disposal provider, an incinerator in the city, after negotiations over decreasing delivery volume allegedly broke down. Wheelabrator Baltimore L.P. filed suit in Baltimore County Circuit Court Thursday, alleging ...
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The Maryland Office of the Attorney General charged several businesses earlier this month with making unlicensed and predatory loans that put consumers at risk of losing their vehicles. The charges, announced Friday, allege Cash-N-Go Inc. and related businesses offered “title ...
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A Baltimore judge already facing suspension for her behavior on the job has been charged with additional misconduct for allegedly attempting to manipulate an incident report to cast another judge in a bad light. The Commission on Judicial Disabilities previously ...
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A retired judge on Wednesday cut in half the 100-year sentence he gave a defendant 23 years ago, partially granting a defense motion asking him to reconsider. The defendant, Gerald Jamar Cook, 40, was convicted of second-degree murder and related offenses ...
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A wrongfully convicted man who already obtained a $15 million verdict against a Baltimore Police Department detective will continue litigating a claim of constitutional violations against the department after a federal appeals court dismissed an appeal of the verdict because the ...
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