Thirty years ago in the Maryland Bar Journal, David Fishman and Daniel Higham asked whether it was time to throw out your sealing wax. The answer today?
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Fifty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was gunned down in Memphis, the scars of the riots that followed are only now fully healed in Washington. In other cities, they still aren’t. And we still don’t know exactly ...
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In my 34 years working in law enforcement, including more than a decade overseeing a jail, I’ve learned a bit about what works in the criminal justice system and what doesn’t. I’ve learned that the cash bail system is expensive ...
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The link between the lack of progress toward abolishing contested judicial elections of circuit court judges and the failure of the state to create a rigorous but fair program of judicial performance evaluations is unmistakable.
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We call upon the legislature and the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy to recommend enhanced sentencing guidelines for white-collar crimes committed by public officials acting within the scope of their duties.
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There are so many wonderful causes to support with our talent, time, and treasures. Every one of us gets solicited to support some amazing and worthy cause — myself included. I often get solicited to be the “token Hispanic” or ...
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The billions in infrastructure money coming from Washington will be a boon to cities like Baltimore and, in our case, the improvement of Penn Station will be high on the priorities list. Certainly, the need for an attractive, accessible and ...
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Pop quiz: What percentage of bankruptcies in the United States are caused by medical bills? If you lived through the debate over passing Obamacare, you probably answered something like “half.” That was the figure in common currency among advocates of ...
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According to a recent report by the Abell Foundation, use of cigarette in Maryland decreased since cigarette taxes were raised from $1 to $2 in 2008. Predictably, many politicians and public health officials will cite this study to advance their ...
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced he will reconsider whether women fleeing severe domestic violence can quality for asylum in the United States.
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