March 31, 2017
Comments Off on Md. high court: Judges, not juries, determine life without parole
The authority to sentence convicted first-degree murderers to life in prison without parole rests with judges not juries, Maryland’s top court says.
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March 30, 2017
Comments Off on Md. Senate gives initial OK to life-without-parole sentencing bill
ANNAPOLIS – The Senate on Thursday gave preliminary approval to legislation that would make clear that legislators, in repealing capital punishment in 2013, intended for judges – not juries – to decide whether convicted first-degree murderers deserve the state’s new ...
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December 19, 2016
Comments Off on Challengers to Md. sentencing of young offenders welcome 4th Ciruit’s decision
A court decision striking down the life-without-parole sentence of a juvenile offender in Virginia has provided ammunition for Maryland civil-rights attorneys who claim 200 convicts are being held unconstitutionally under de facto life sentences without parole in Maryland.
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