Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s farewell announcement from public life this week quiets the voice of perhaps the most eloquent opponent of judicial elections to ever speak out against the practice in Maryland. Appearing in Annapolis eight years ...

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Retiring Justice Anthony M. Kennedy was not only at the center of an ideologically divided U.S. Supreme Court but was often its heart, with questions from the bench addressing the human toll of the issues before, former Maryland attorneys general said in recalling their arguments in front of the justices.

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Former Maryland Attorney General Doug Gansler says he will not run for governor.

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If you were surprised to discover that Maryland’s attorney general lacks the independent authority to sue the federal government, you are not alone.

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PHILADELPHIA — Former Maryland attorney general Douglas F. Gansler will lead a team of Washington-based lawyers combing through thousands of emails on Pennsylvania government computers in an independent review of pornographic and other objectionable content shared among judges, prosecutors and ...

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In the criminal justice system, prosecutors serve a unique role with special duties quite different from other lawyers. While a private lawyer’s duty is to provide zealous representation of a client, the Maryland Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct impose upon ...

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Lawyers for Jody Lee Miles have asked the Court of Special Appeals to reconsider its decision that his death sentence appeal became moot when former Gov. Martin O'Malley commuted it to life in prison without the possibly of parole.

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(AP) Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler is invalidating a political ploy that benefited the former head of the Frederick County government. He issued an opinion Tuesday that the Board of County Commissioners acted improperly last month when it appointed ...

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Maryland no longer has the ability to carry out the death penalty even against someone who was sentenced before capital punishment was banned last year, the state attorney general and lawyers for a death-row inmate argued Monday.

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(AP) The Montgomery County Education Association has reached a settlement with Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler’s former campaign for governor over the use of campaign literature that resembled the union’s apple-shaped ballot. In the settlement announced Thursday, the campaign acknowledged ...

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