National Public Radio Inc. has won a preliminary but significant legal victory in its bid to air audio from the July trial of the man who murdered five Capital Gazette employees on June 28, 2018, despite Maryland’s statutory prohibition on ...

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National Public Radio Inc. has become the latest news organization to challenge Maryland’s statutory ban on broadcasting official court recordings of criminal proceedings, saying the prohibition violates NPR’s constitutional right to air audio from the July trial of the man ...

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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Nearly three years after five people at the Capital Gazette newspaper were killed, a Maryland judge discussed plans Tuesday for holding the second part of the shooter’s trial under COVID-19 court protocols. Jarrod Ramos, 41, pleaded ...

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Lawyers in the case of a man who says he isn't criminally responsible for killing five people at a Maryland newspaper are scheduled to argue about documents relating to a psychologist's visit to a detention center where the shooter has been held.

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ANNAPOLIS — The judge presiding over the criminal case against the man accused of killing five Maryland newspaper employees in 2018 ordered a number of documents to remain under seal as the parties await the start of the second phase ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A Maryland man pleaded guilty Monday in the slayings of five staffers at an Annapolis newspaper, and a jury is expected to hear testimony within weeks about whether he was not responsible by reason of insanity. Jarrod Ramos ...

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A judge and attorneys in the case of a man charged with killing five people at a Maryland newspaper are to discuss questions potential jurors will be asked during jury selection.

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Surveillance video inside a Maryland newspaper office that shows a wounded employee crawling away and others hiding or running for their lives during a gunman’s rampage can be used at the suspect’s trial, a judge ruled Wednesday.

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A pool of 300 potential jurors will be in a Maryland court to answer questions about the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper that killed five people last year.

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The judge in the case of the man charged with killing five people at a Maryland newspaper said Tuesday that 300 potential jurors are coming to court late this week to answer a questionnaire in a preliminary step ahead of next month's jury selection.

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