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House panel hears bill to strip governor of parole decision

March 3, 2020 Comments Off on House panel hears bill to strip governor of parole decision

Del. Luke Clippinger, D-Baltimore city and chair of the House panel, asked whether spousal privilege would nevertheless still apply -- and protect newlywed criminal defendants -- if the crime committed before marriage was part of a continuing course of illegal conduct that continued after the wedding. (The Daily Record/File Photo)

ANNAPOLIS — Maryland governors would be stripped of the final say in parole decisions for inmates sentenced to life with the possibility of parole who have served 20 years in prison under legislation being considered by the House Judiciary Committee. ...

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Senate bill would increase time before lifers are eligible for parole

January 14, 2020 Comments Off on Senate bill would increase time before lifers are eligible for parole

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ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s chief local prosecutors pressed a Senate committee Tuesday to correct what they called a quirk in the state’s sentencing law that enables life-sentenced first-degree murderers or rapists to become eligible for parole after spending less time in ...

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Md. court: ‘Individualized’ sentencing not needed for juvenile lifers with parole

June 3, 2019 Comments Off on Md. court: ‘Individualized’ sentencing not needed for juvenile lifers with parole

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Maryland judges can sentence juveniles convicted of murder to life in prison with the chance for parole without first considering the killer’s youth and related circumstances, the state’s second-highest court has ruled. Such individualized considerations are required only before a ...

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Federal judge orders settlement conference in juvenile-lifers case

April 3, 2017 Comments Off on Federal judge orders settlement conference in juvenile-lifers case

Litigation over the constitutionality of Maryland’s treatment of juvenile offenders sentenced to life in prison was referred to a federal magistrate judge for a settlement conference last week but the parties will still proceed with a months-long discovery process. U.S. District ...

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Different decade, same sentence for double-murder convict

June 5, 2014 Comments Off on Different decade, same sentence for double-murder convict

Jaron Tyree Grade, who became a symbol of justice delayed when Maryland’s top court overturned his double-murder conviction and life sentence five-and-a-half years after hearing arguments, was resentenced to life in prison Wednesday after being convicted again of the September 2003 slayings at his retrial in Baltimore County Circuit Court.

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Top court overturns double-murder conviction

December 10, 2013 Comments Off on Top court overturns double-murder conviction

A man serving a life sentence plus 170 years for two Baltimore murders will get a new trial after Maryland’s top court unanimously ruled Tuesday that his attorney was improperly denied a chance to cross examine a key prosecution witness.

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