Homeless youth, Facebook and the death penalty round out this week's topics.
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Read More »June 26, 2017 Comments Off on Can locals be deputized under immigration law?
Homeless youth, Facebook and the death penalty round out this week's topics.
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Read More »March 31, 2017 Comments Off on Md. high court: Judges, not juries, determine life without parole
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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Read More »March 6, 2017 Comments Off on Md. high court weighs juries’ role in life-without-parole sentences
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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Read More »February 20, 2017 Comments Off on House Judiciary to debate death penalty, sexual assault, police surveillance
The committee is scheduled to hear 23 bills Tuesday afternoon, including one to reinstate the death penalty in Maryland.
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Read More »December 13, 2016 Comments Off on Md. high court to decide who sentences murderers to life in prison
Maryland’s top court will consider whether the General Assembly – in its zeal to repeal capital punishment in 2013 – truly left it for juries rather than judges to decide whether a convicted first-degree murderer deserves the state’s new ultimate punishment, life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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Read More »October 31, 2016 Comments Off on Did Comey violate the law?
Comey's announced examination of Clinton's email heads news summary including Pakistan's death penalty, Georgia's gun laws and an attorney's client turns on him.
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Read More »October 24, 2016 Comments Off on Are attorneys preparing for Trump v. Clinton?
Advice for Trump's election-law attorneys leads news summary including electronic surveillance, the death penalty and coyote rights.
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Read More »October 3, 2016 Comments Off on Supreme Court rejects challenge to military death penalty
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to the death penalty for members of the military. The justices on Monday rejected an appeal from the former soldier who was sentenced to death for killing two fellow soldiers and ...
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Read More »August 15, 2016 Comments Off on Gerrymanders face constitutional challenge
Constitutionality of gerrymanders heads news summary including a pending Texas execution, revenge for an alleged rape and convictions that cannot be expunged.
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Read More »June 20, 2016 Comments Off on California State Bar draws scrutiny
California State Bar leads news summary that includes targeting at-risk individuals, medical marijuana and seeking refunds for a racing fans.
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