The aerial surveillance spy plane flying over Baltimore was much in the news in 2016. Earlier this summer, a spy plane program was considered – for a time – by the mayor and police force of Miami-Dade, Florida. But the ...

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It would be better if Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis lit a candle and did not curse the darkness. But instead of illuminating the problems of his own institution he has blasted the Baltimore city courts and the State’s Attorney’s ...

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  We wrote an editorial earlier this year on “StingRays and the Fourth Amendment.” In it, we pointed out that the Court of Special Appeals would be deciding the case of State v. Andrews and that the General Assembly would ...

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The retirement of Associate Judge Glenn T. Harrell Jr. from the Court of Appeals of Maryland this past June is a loss to that court, the Bar and to the state. (Fortunately, Judge Harrell has agreed to sit until his ...

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The world has condemned the recent killing of a lion named Cecil that lived in Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, and American dentist and trophy hunter Dr. Walter Palmer faces extradition charges for illegal poaching. The Wildlife Conservation Research Unit ...

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Veteran attorney Steve Wise has crisscrossed the State of New York, filing petitions for writs of habeas corpus on behalf of several clients. The petitioners have not committed any crimes and are being held against their will.

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The police-involved deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have fueled public concern over the conflict of interest that arises when a local prosecutor’s office is called on to present evidence for indictment against police officers the office works with on a regular basis.

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The Court of Appeals of Maryland disbarred James Albert Frost in February. There were good reasons for the court’s action. However, the court’s opinion unwarrantedly chills lawyers’ First Amendment Rights.

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As we have noted in the past, applications to the nation’s law schools are on the wane. Data from the American Bar Association’s Section of Legal Education confirm the trend.

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Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake wants the Civilian Police Review Board to be “more impactful.” That decision is based on the presumption that the Civilian Police Review Board should continue “to be.”

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