OCEAN CITY — A room full of attorneys and judges received a primer on implicit bias and how it is manifested in court at the Maryland State Bar Association Legal Summit and Annual Meeting on Thursday. Implicit bias describes subconscious ...

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Its quest to replace Harvard's means of achieving diversity with a race-blind process, the closely watched lawsuit could dismantle an admissions system the high court has held up as an exemplar, and thus affirmative action at colleges across the U.S.

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TOWSON — A Jewish Maryland state legislator says a man yelled "Heil Hitler" at her while she was campaigning.

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HARTFORD, Conn. — As dogs and other animals are increasingly used in courts to comfort and calm prosecution witnesses, a few voices are calling for keeping the practice on a short leash, saying they could bias juries. The use of ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from four former death row inmates in North Carolina who claimed systemic racial bias contributed to their death sentences. The justices said Monday they will not disturb a state Supreme ...

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Although their role in the judicial process requires objectivity, judges aren't immune to implicit biases, the unconscious beliefs that shape the way we perceive the world.

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The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Wednesday in a debate over a decades-old strategy for fighting discrimination in housing.

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A man convicted of murder is not entitled to a new trial despite a deliberating juror’s statement that she would be willing to change her vote if it meant getting home sooner.

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ANNAPOLIS — A lawyer for a U.S. Naval Academy student accused of sexual assault is asking a federal judge to remove the superintendent from deciding who will serve on a court-martial panel that will decide the case. Jason Ehrenberg, an ...

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WASHINGTON — Gay rights advocates notched another victory Wednesday after a Senate panel approved a bill that would prohibit employers from discriminating against workers on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. The measure won support from all the ...

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