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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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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NEWARK, N.J. — A defense attorney who once had a roster of celebrity clients and boasted of having tried hundreds of cases in federal court was sentenced there on Monday to life in prison without parole after his conviction on ...

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Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad on Monday commuted the mandatory life sentences of 38 convicted killers who committed their crimes as juveniles, a move aimed at ensuring they will spend decades in prison rather than be released earlier because of a ...

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HAGERSTOWN — A West Virginia man has been sentenced in Hagerstown to life in prison for murdering his former girlfriend. Forty-four-year-old Randy McPeak of Berkeley Springs, W.Va., was sentenced Tuesday. A prosecutor says McPeak must serve at least 15 years ...

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ANNAPOLIS – Gov. Martin O’Malley is moving toward commuting two prisoners’ life sentences, the first time the governor has done so in his administration. Mark Farley Grant, who was sentenced to life in prison in 1984 after being convicted of ...

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DETROIT — Alain Ghonda travels the globe with heightened awareness after Christmas 2009, when a plane he was on could have been destroyed in midair by a terrorist smuggling a bomb in his underwear. “After having that experience, you do ...

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FORT MEADE — An Army private accused of leaking classified material to the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks will be back in a military courtroom for an arraignment later this month. The arraignment for Pfc. Bradley Manning will be held at Fort ...

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DOVER, Del. — The state Board of Pardons on Thursday rejected a commutation request from a killer who kidnapped and robbed a man, then tied him to a tree and left him to die. James Waller was sentenced to life ...

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ROCKVILLE — Prosecutors in Montgomery County plan to seek a sentence of life without parole if a woman charged with killing a co-worker at an upscale yoga clothing shop is convicted of first-degree murder. Brittany Norwood is awaiting trial in ...

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