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Deliberations to resume in Maryland death penalty trial
ANNAPOLIS — Jurors are expected to resume deliberations in the death penalty trial of one of two prisoners accused in the stabbing death of a correctional officer. Deliberations are scheduled […]
Judge weighs clemency agreement for Del. killer
WILMINGTON, Del. — A Superior Court judge is holding a hearing to put final approval to Gov. Jack Markell’s decision to commute the death sentence of a man who was […]
Capital murder trial starts for inmate charged in officer’s death
ANNAPOLIS — A trial that could test recent changes to Maryland‘s death penalty law is set to begin. Opening statements in the trial of Lee Edward Stephens, one of two […]
NAACP president calls for end of Md. death penalty
ANNAPOLIS — NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said Tuesday that Maryland needs to abolish capital punishment to help lead the way in ending it in other states, and he believes the […]
Miller on capital punishment, O’Malley and the Beltway Sniper
During an interview last week with The Daily Record’s Nick Sohr, Maryland Senate President Thomas V. “Mike” Miller Jr. took a moment to reflect on his positions on capital punishment […]
O’Malley not likely to cut death penalty funding
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley, who opposes capital punishment, held a July meeting with two lawmakers and a death penalty opponent to discuss the possibility of ending funding for executions […]
Report: US death sentences hit 35-year low
WASHINGTON — New death sentences in the United States have declined 75 percent from their peak since executions resumed in the 1970s, an anti-capital punishment group reports. The Death Penalty […]
Opinions – 10/11/11: Maryland Court of Appeals
Constitutional Law Capital punishment BOTTOM LINE: The Maryland death penalty statute, which allows the jury to find by a preponderance of the evidence that aggravating circumstances outweigh mitigating circumstances, did […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Maryland’s death penalty belongs in the past
Maryland does and does not have capital punishment. It’s on the books, and our Death Row hosts five murderers to prove it. But no one has been executed here since […]
Death penalty debated before committee
ANNAPOLIS — A former Maryland House Speaker and a man who served time on death row before being exonerated urged lawmakers Tuesday to repeal capital punishment in the state. Opposing […]
Maryland pulls death penalty regs from state panel
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration announced Thursday that it was withdrawing proposed lethal injection rules from consideration by a legislative panel, a move that effectively extends a de facto […]
