Maryland’s highest court has agreed to take up the case of Lee Boyd Malvo, who is serving life in prison for his role in the 2002 D.C. area sniper spree.
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Read More »August 27, 2021 Comments Off on Maryland highest court reviewing DC-area sniper’s life term
Maryland’s highest court has agreed to take up the case of Lee Boyd Malvo, who is serving life in prison for his role in the 2002 D.C. area sniper spree.
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Read More »April 10, 2021 Comments Off on Md. lawmakers override Hogan’s veto, ban juvenile life without parole
The Maryland General Assembly overrode Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto Saturday and enacted legislation prohibiting juveniles from being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Legislative supporters of the override called the prohibition an affirmation of the principle ...
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Read More »March 22, 2021 Comments Off on Md. Senate passes bill stripping governor of parole decision
The Maryland Senate on Monday approved legislation to strip the state’s governors of the final say in parole decisions for inmates sentenced to life with the possibility of parole. With the Democratic-led Senate’s largely party line 31-16 vote, the bill ...
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Read More »February 3, 2021 Comments Off on Md. Senate panel hears bill to strip governor of parole decision
Maryland governors would be stripped of the final say in parole decisions for inmates sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after having served at least 17 years in prison under legislation being considered by the Senate Judicial Proceedings ...
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Read More »March 3, 2020 Comments Off on House panel hears bill to strip governor of parole decision
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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Read More »January 14, 2020 Comments Off on Senate bill would increase time before lifers are eligible for parole
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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Read More »June 3, 2019 Comments Off on Md. court: ‘Individualized’ sentencing not needed for juvenile lifers with parole
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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Read More »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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Read More »February 15, 2017 Comments Off on Hogan opposes bill to strip governor of final say in parole
Gov. Hogan opposes bill to take parole decisions for life-sentenced inmates away from the governor and leave the determinations solely with the parole board.
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Read More »February 6, 2017 Comments Off on ACLU can pursue constitutionality claim for ‘juvenile lifers’ in Md.
Attorneys can proceed with lawsuit claiming Maryland is unconstitutionally holding juvenile offenders who are now adults under de facto life sentences.
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