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A former employee of Baltimore’s Safe Streets program has pleaded guilty to a federal drug conspiracy charge.
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Supreme Court rules against low-level crack cocaine offenders
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that low-level crack cocaine offenders convicted more than a decade ago can't take advantage of a 2018 federal law to seek reduced prison time.
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Read More »Simon stands: Justices decline review of K-9 sniff case
The U.S. Supreme Court will not review whether drug-sniffing dog Simon’s failure to give a definitive alert to Ocean City police nevertheless gave the officers probable cause to search a car for illegal contraband. The justices on Monday let stand ...
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Read More »Justices decline to review drug-sniffing dog case from Md.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined without comment to review a Maryland high-court decision that appellate courts must defer to trial judges’ determinations – unless clearly wrong – that a drug-sniffing dog was reliable.
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Read More »Judicial wordplay: N.C. drug case turns on meanings of ‘keep’
In relationships, exactly what constitutes “a keeper” is different for everyone. Even within a single North Carolina statute, there are two distinct meanings.
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Read More »DeWolfe appeals drug-sniffing dog case to Supreme Court
Maryland Public Defender Paul B. DeWolfe has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review and overturn the state high court’s decision requiring appellate courts to defer to trial judges’ determinations – unless clearly wrong — that a drug-sniffing dog was ...
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Read More »Lawyer tries Trump argument that flippers should be outlawed
A New York defense lawyer wasted no time in trying to use President Donald Trump's argument that cooperators, or flippers, in criminal cases "almost ought to be illegal."
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Read More »Trump commutes term of Kardashian-championed drug offender
President Donald Trump commuted the sentence Wednesday of a woman serving a life sentence for drug offenses whose cause was championed by reality TV star Kim Kardashian West in a recent visit to the White House.
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Read More »Trump signs bill for terminal patients to try unproven drugs
President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday aimed at helping people with deadly diseases try experimental treatments, calling it a "fundamental freedom" that will offer hope and save lives.
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Read More »Md. restricts inmates’ access to books to curb drug smuggling
Maryland prison officials are limiting access to books for thousands of inmates in state-run facilities in the latest effort to reduce drug smuggling.
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