The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a convicted rapist and murderer’s argument that his constitutional right to due process was violated during the 20-year span between the brutal slaying of a teenage girl in Frederick and his ...

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Maryland’s attorney general has urged the U.S. Supreme Court not to hear a convicted rapist and murderer’s argument that his constitutional right to due process was violated during the 20-year span between the brutal slaying of a teenage girl in ...

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In an appeal pending before the U.S. Supreme Court, criminal defense attorneys from outside the state have assailed Maryland’s “rigid” rule enabling prosecutors to prosecute cold cases so long as the prosecution’s delay in securing an indictment was not designed to give the state a tactical advantage over the defendant.

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The U.S. Supreme Court has shown interest in hearing the appeal of a convicted rapist and murderer who says his constitutional right to due process was violated during the 20-year span between the brutal slaying of a teenage girl in ...

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A convicted rapist and murderer has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn his conviction, saying his constitutional right to due process was violated during  the 20-year span between the brutal slaying of a teenage girl in Frederick ...

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Welcome to Monday the 67th anniversary of the Supreme Court upholding the District of Columbia’s criminal prohibition on restaurant’s refusing to serve black customers. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Criminal defense lawyers call resuming ...

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A convicted rapist and murderer’s due process rights were not violated by the 20-year span between the brutal slaying of a teenage girl in Frederick and his indictment and conviction, a Maryland appeals court said in rejecting his argument that ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 385th anniversary of the formal founding of the Maryland colony. Happy Maryland Day! Here are some news items to get your week started: — Prosecutors drop inauguration protest cases. — Prosecutors widen college admissions investigation. — ...

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Damage from Kavanaugh's confirmation fight leads news items including ethnic profiling, judicial insensitivity and new DNA in a decades-old Texas killing.

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Jail-cell upgrades leads news summary including marijuana, legal services and a Texas cold case.

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