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Jan 23, 2026

MD hairstylist’s viral video dragging teen became evidence against her

A Maryland hairstylist was sentenced to six months of home detention after a viral video showed her dragging a 15-year-old client during dispute.

Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee Chair Senator William C. Smith Jr., a said the bill would make a small change but have a major impact on how juries function in Maryland. (The Daily Record/File Photo)
Feb 29, 2024

Md. Judiciary to resume canceled home detention program Monday

The Maryland Judiciary on Monday plans to resume and pay for a pretrial private home detention monitoring program that it had abruptly terminated in mid February after hitting a federal funding limit.

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Feb 27, 2024

After chat with chief justice, Ferguson ‘confident’ home detention program will continue

Senate President Bill Ferguson says he's "confident" the judiciary will be able to cover a pretrial detention program until the legislature can backfill costs.

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Feb 23, 2024

Judiciary skirting responsibility for canceled home detention program, Ferguson says

Senate President Bill Ferguson chided the Maryland Judiciary for attempting to skirt responsibility for a program running out of money.

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Mar 6, 2018

Home detention counts toward convicts’ prison time, Md. court rules

ANNAPOLIS – Convicts must get credit toward their prison sentences for the time they serve in home detention while waiting for their appeals to be decided, Maryland’s second highest court […]