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Dennis M. Sweeney: How many strikes are enough?
Last September, three men were tried together in Baltimore City Circuit Court for the murder of former Baltimore City Councilman Kenneth Harris. Given that the charges carried the possible sentence […]
June 1 marks anniversary of having women on Maryland juries
In February 1931, when Sara Whitehurst stepped from a specially chartered train in Annapolis with 200 other women from Baltimore, she was optimistic that a long-sought priority of Maryland women’s […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Fair and square for girls
House Bill 394 is a simple bill giving a simple directive to the Department of Juvenile Services: Provide the girls you serve with “a range and quality of services substantially […]
Sweeney: What is the Wright way to question potential jurors?
On a Monday morning in most circuit courts in Maryland, a visitor can observe the process of jury selection. Scores of potential jurors — in serious cases, as many as […]
Judge on the Jury: Hearkening, then and now
In the winter of 1892, the schooner Martha E. Moore was discovered by the authorities to have been illegally dredging for oysters within the “prohibited waters” of the Chesapeake Bay. […]
