US government will execute inmates for first time since 2003

July 25, 2019 Leave a comment

Attorney General William Barr speaks about the release of a redacted version of special counsel Robert Mueller's report during a news conference, Thursday, April 18, 2019, at the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government will execute federal death row inmates for the first time since 2003, the Justice Department announced Thursday, bringing back a seldom-used punishment pushed by President Donald Trump and escalating another divisive issue ahead of the ...

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Md. lawyers recall Justice Stevens as forceful, thoughtful, bright

July 18, 2019 Leave a comment

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens prepares to testify in 2014 on the ever-increasing amount of money spent on elections as he appears before the Senate Rules Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Stevens, the bow-tied, independent-thinking, Republican-nominated justice who unexpectedly emerged as the Supreme Court's leading liberal, died Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., after suffering a stroke Monday. He was 99. (AP Photo, File)

Thirty years ago, the attorney for a missing Baltimore baby argued for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that would force the mother to reveal the youngster’s whereabouts despite her asserted constitutional right against self-incrimination. Mitchell Y. Mirviss said Thursday that ...

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DOJ, EEOC disagree on transgender bias

October 29, 2018 Leave a comment

Welcome to Monday, the 89th anniversary of Black Tuesday. Here are some news items to get your week started. — Justice Department splits with Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over transgender bias. — Did a conference over cold cuts violate Wisconsin’s ...

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This execution would be extra cruel, lawyers say

March 19, 2018 Leave a comment

Welcome to Monday, the 41st anniversary of the final episode of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Executing this client could be especially painful, lawyers say. — California city might ...

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District attorney says no contributions from defense counsel

January 22, 2018 Leave a comment

Welcome to Monday, the 45th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. Here are some news items to get your week started. — New York district attorney forgoes campaign contributions from lawyers with business before his office. — ...

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Congress’ harassment-reporting process angers accusers, accused

January 15, 2018 Leave a comment

In this Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, file photo, an American flag flies over Capitol Hill in Washington, as lawmakers return from a 7-week break. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Congress' harassment-reporting process leads news summary including a Philippine news shutdown, a judge's resignation and a father's plea for his son's life.

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Lawyer ignores client, concedes guilt in capital case

October 9, 2017 Leave a comment

A marijuana plant being grown for propagation thrives under artificial light March 30, 2000, at a home near Vancouver, Canada. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Gideon, medical marijuana and battered-woman syndrome round out roundup.

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Can locals be deputized under immigration law?

June 26, 2017 Leave a comment

In this photo taken on Tuesday, April 4, 2017, the Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington. A unanimous Supreme Court says religious hospitals don’t have to comply with federal laws protecting pension benefits for workers. The justices on Monday ruled in favor of three church-affiliated nonprofit hospital systems being sued for underfunding pension plans covering about 100,000 employees. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Homeless youth, Facebook and the death penalty round out this week's topics.

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Md. high court: Judges, not juries, determine life without parole

March 31, 2017 Leave a comment

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The authority to sentence convicted first-degree murderers to life in prison without parole rests with judges not juries, Maryland’s top court says.

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Md. high court weighs juries’ role in life-without-parole sentences

March 6, 2017 Leave a comment

Court of Appeals Judge Joseph M. Getty, the newest member of the Court of Appeals, during his investiture in June in Annapolis. Getty has been a lobbyist and legislative policy advisors for the last two Republican governors and a state legislator but says he has no jitters starting his new role. ‘I think my background has prepared me for the types of things that will come before the court,’ he says. ‘I feel very confident.’ (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)

In repealing the death penalty, did the General Assembly leave it for juries to decide if first-degree murderers deserve life without possibility of parole?

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