A Maryland District Court judge in Charles County faces disciplinary charges of judicial misconduct after allegedly giving legal advice to two men facing assault charges and speaking with their alleged domestic-violence victims. Judge W. Louis Hennessy also demonstrated bias against ...

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Groups representing Maryland domestic violence victims are urging lawmakers to enact legislation barring circuit court clerks from charging attorneys an appearance fee in protective order proceedings, saying the $10 to $20 charge creates a needless hurdle to legal representation at ...

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday let stand without comment a decision that Baltimore police officers could not be sued under federal civil rights law for their alleged failure to execute an arrest warrant in a timely fashion for a ...

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ANNAPOLIS – Legislation to enable people targeted by false police calls to sue the callers for damages drew praise Friday as a way to protect minorities from those who irrationally believe they are all criminals. The bill also drew concern ...

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The estate of a pregnant woman stabbed to death by her husband in front of a Baltimore courthouse is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn a ruling that police officers cannot be sued under federal civil rights ...

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Baltimore police officers cannot be sued under U.S. civil rights law for their alleged failure to timely execute an arrest warrant for a man who later stabbed his pregnant wife to death in front of a city courthouse where she ...

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A North Carolina woman accused of trying to bite off her ex-boyfriend's testicles has been found not guilty of malicious castration.

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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced he will reconsider whether women fleeing severe domestic violence can quality for asylum in the United States.

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ANNAPOLIS — Domestic violence, stalking and human-trafficking survivors would be given an opportunity to shield property records from abusers under three identical bills in the Maryland General Assembly this session. Maryland’s Safe At Home Address Confidentiality Program already provides a ...

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Legislation to allow domestic violence orders to be introduced as evidence in divorce proceedings has passed both houses of the Maryland General Assembly — but not without being limited by amendments by a Senate committee. The cross-filed bills repeal a ...

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