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Advocates and lawmakers are hopeful that closing the “boyfriend loophole” in a major bipartisan law on gun violence will save lives.
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Read More »In new gun law, a quiet breakthrough for victims of abuse
Panel calls for Md. judge’s suspension for advising accused, gender bias
Maryland’s top court should suspend Charles County District Court Judge W. Louis Hennessy, the state Commission on Judicial Disabilities reported.
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Read More »Congress votes to renew landmark domestic violence law
Congress has renewed a 1990s-era law that extends protections to victims of domestic and sexual violence, updating the landmark Violence Against Women Act.
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Read More »District judge faces disciplinary charges of advising defendants, bias against women
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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Read More »Victims’ groups seek to end appearance fee in Md. protective orders
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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Read More »Justices decline appeal against Baltimore police in woman’s slaying
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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Read More »Bill allowing suits for false police reports draws praise, concern
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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Read More »Slain wife’s estate takes suit against Baltimore police to high court
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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Read More »4th Circuit: Officers can’t be sued for failing to execute arrest warrant
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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Read More »Woman who bit ex’s testicles not guilty of malicious castration
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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