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Md. high court orders review of mental health reports in abuse case

November 24, 2020 Comments Off on Md. high court orders review of mental health reports in abuse case

The Court of Appeals building.
(Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

A Prince George’s County judge must review in chambers the private mental health records of a dead child care worker to determine what if any portion is relevant to a Massachusetts lawsuit alleging his church-affiliated employer’s negligence enabled him to ...

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Justices decline free-speech challenge to Md. abuse-reporting law

October 7, 2019 Comments Off on Justices decline free-speech challenge to Md. abuse-reporting law

In this June 17, 2019 photo, The Supreme Court is shown in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a free-speech challenge to Maryland’s law requiring state residents to report suspected child abuse to law enforcement. Without comment, the justices rejected Kevin Sewell’s request that they review a Maryland high ...

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Free-speech challenge to abuse-reporting law reaches justices

July 16, 2019 Comments Off on Free-speech challenge to abuse-reporting law reaches justices

The Supreme Court is seen under stormy skies in Washington, Thursday, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A 32-year-old Maryland law requiring state residents to report suspected child abuse to law enforcement violates the free-speech rights of Marylanders, a defense attorney has argued in appealing a first-degree murder conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court. In papers filed ...

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Md. legislators reject asbestos mediation, extension of deadline for abuse suits

April 8, 2019 Comments Off on Md. legislators reject asbestos mediation, extension of deadline for abuse suits

In this Feb. 28, 2019 photo, Del. C.T. Wilson stands outside the Maryland House of Delegates in Annapolis, Md. Wilson, a survivor of child sexual abuse who has spoken of his experience as he has advocated for laws to protect children, is sponsoring legislation in Maryland to prevent teachers with records of sexual misconduct against students from moving from one school to another. Maryland has taken a step toward joining a growing number of states that have enacted legislation to prevent teachers with records of sexual misconduct from moving from school to school. The Maryland House of Delegates unanimously approved a bill Thursday, March 7, 2019 to ban nondisclosure agreements involving sexual abuse for school employees who have direct contact with children. (AP Photo/Brian Witte)

ANNAPOLIS – The final hour of the 2019 Maryland General Assembly session was marked by the quiet demise of measures calling for a study of ways to reduce a docket of thousands of pending asbestos-exposure lawsuits and to double from ...

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Senate panel kills bill to end time limit on child abuse suits

April 4, 2019 Comments Off on Senate panel kills bill to end time limit on child abuse suits

ANNAPOLIS – By the slimmest of margins, the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on Wednesday killed House-passed legislation to eliminate the statute of limitations on lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse. The panel’s 5-5 vote ensures that Maryland’s current statute permitting suits ...

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Duty to report child abuse trumps marital privilege, Md. high court says

April 3, 2019 Comments Off on Duty to report child abuse trumps marital privilege, Md. high court says

ANNAPOLIS – The statutory duty of Marylanders to report suspected child abuse to law enforcement trumps the general rule that private communications between spouses are inadmissible at trial, Maryland’s top court ruled Tuesday in reinstating the murder conviction of an ...

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Md. high court overturns child-abuse conviction

January 22, 2019 Comments Off on Md. high court overturns child-abuse conviction

Maryland Court of Appeals Judge Clayton Greene, Jr. in 2007. (The Daily Record / Maximilian Franz.)

ANNAPOLIS – Saying the jury was improperly instructed on the violent crime’s elements, a divided Maryland high court has overturned the first-degree child abuse conviction of a father who allegedly wrapped his son in plastic and tied his wrists to ...

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Credibility experts’ testimony inadmissible, Md. high court says

July 13, 2018 Comments Off on Credibility experts’ testimony inadmissible, Md. high court says

Court of Appeals Judge Robert McDonald, writing for the majority, said Maryland is bound by the Interstate Agreement on Detainers’ call for prisoners to be returned to the state where they are already serving a criminal sentence. (Capital News Service Photo)

Those with an expertise in detecting when people are lying need not testify in Maryland courtrooms.

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Reptile evidence earns Mo. woman new trial on abuse charges

March 30, 2018 Comments Off on Reptile evidence earns Mo. woman new trial on abuse charges

A Missouri woman convicted of child abuse is owed a new trial — one in which there is less discussion of the large reptiles in her home, a state appellate court has held.

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Child abuse reporting bill clears Senate, questioned in House committee

March 27, 2018 Comments Off on Child abuse reporting bill clears Senate, questioned in House committee

The bill makes it a misdemeanor for health care practitioners, police officers, educators and human service workers to knowingly fail to report child abuse.

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