Three men serving life sentences for a 1983 murder they did not commit were exonerated Monday, just six months after one of them wrote to Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby asking her to investigate their convictions. The men ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s highest court adopted a rule Tuesday to establish a process to allow prosecutors to move to vacate convictions they feel they can no longer stand behind. The Court of Appeals, with only six members present due to ...

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A man who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he did not commit was released Tuesday after a Baltimore City Circuit Court judge vacated his conviction at the request of prosecutors. Clarence Shipley was convicted in 1992 of ...

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The Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office is asking to be dismissed from two federal lawsuits against former Gun Trace Task Force members that name the office as a co-defendant.

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A Baltimore man who spent 30 years in prison was released Monday afternoon after having his conviction for his alleged role in a 1988 murder vacated. Jerome Johnson, 50, appeared before a judge where prosecutors joined his attorneys in a petition for writ of ...

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Marilyn Mosby gained international prominence just months after becoming Baltimore state’s attorney when she stood before the War Memorial and announced she was charging six police officers for their alleged role in the death of Freddie Gray.

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A Baltimore judge is expected to rule Friday on a challenge to state’s attorney candidate Ivan Bates’ residency after hearing testimony Thursday afternoon. Baltimore resident Kristien Miller is arguing that Bates moved to Howard County in 2012 where he owned ...

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A Baltimore woman whose baby was likely born addicted to heroin and survived only nine days will serve 30 years in prison.

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A Baltimore city grand jury has indicted a police officer on charges of tampering with or fabricating evidence and misconduct in office based on body worn camera footage that surfaced last year appearing to show him placing drugs on the ground then ...

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A man convicted in October for the 2015 killing of a Pimlico Race Course security guard will be tried a third time after a judge granted a motion for a new trial Monday. Keith Davis Jr., 26, was convicted of second-degree ...

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