There is good news worth noting in the fight against violent crime in Baltimore. The number of homicides and non-fatal shootings have been trending downward over the past four months. It’s too early to identify the specific factors that have ...

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In response to various legislative proposals from Gov. Larry Hogan, Maryland is on a fast track to pass a poorly conceived law that, if enacted, will grow Maryland’s prison population with little impact on our safety. The full Senate on ...

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In my career representing victims sexually abused by powerful people, I have come to understand one thing clearly: we will never change the culture of complicity until executives are held accountable through criminal prosecution. This is true for the United ...

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday intended to curb online sex trafficking, hours after the Justice Department objected that part of the measure may be unconstitutional. The 388-25 vote came hours after Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd told House ...

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Gov. Larry Hogan said he will propose a criminal justice package in the coming legislative session that will include what he called a “truth in sentencing” bill in an effort to address violent crime in Baltimore City. The governor announced ...

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Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein said Baltimore needs to support its police force if the city is going to quell violent crime that too often kills the young and innocent. One of Rosenstein’s final cases as Maryland’s U.S. ...

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State Senators Thursday were urged to travel in pairs while walking in Annapolis at night.

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The FBI is looking for a bank robber who disguises himself with bandages, glasses and a neck brace and has hit nine Maryland banks in six months. The agency said in a news release Tuesday that the robber, nicknamed the ...

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The man who killed two Maryland sheriff’s deputies in a shootout last month had been stalking his estranged family on the Internet and set up a fake social media account to monitor them, the county sheriff said Tuesday. David Brian ...

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A Baltimore activist has been found guilty of failing to obey an order from law enforcement while protesting the mistrial of a police officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray. Twenty-one-year-old Darius Rosebrough, an activist also known as Kwame ...

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