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A man remained jailed Saturday in the death of a woman found lying on the floor of her Maryland apartment, cut on her head and neck, authorities said.
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Man charged in death of woman found in Western Maryland apartment
11 Baltimore men indicted on murder, assault and gun charges
August 18, 2021
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A group of 11 young men who are allegedly part of a violent Baltimore gang dubbed “39 Babies” have been indicted, Maryland's attorney general announced.
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Read More »4 arrested in 2011 killing of Elijah Cummings’ nephew, Virginia police say
August 13, 2021
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Police in Norfolk say they've solved the decade-old slaying of a college student who was a nephew of the late Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings.
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Read More »Police: Montgomery County woman said she killed 92-year-old roommate
July 29, 2021
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A 26-year-old Maryland woman has been charged with first-degree murder after police said she told investigators that she killed her 92-year-old roommate.
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Read More »Teen pleads guilty to murder in Edgewood killing stemming from robbery
July 26, 2021
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A teenager has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the 2019 killing of a Harford County man that stemmed from a robbery over $60 worth of marijuana.
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Read More »Annapolis man charged in shooting death of Naval Academy midshipman’s mother
July 14, 2021
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Authorities have charged a 29-year-old Annapolis man in the killing of a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman’s mother.
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Read More »Baltimore police officer charged with murder in stepson’s death
July 14, 2021
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A Baltimore police officer has been charged with murder in the death of his teenage stepson, whose body was found in a hole in a bedroom wall last week, Anne Arundel County police said.
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Read More »Duress defense applies only to imminent death, Maryland high court says
July 12, 2021
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Members of violent gangs who kill out of fear they would soon be killed if they disobeyed a deadly order cannot later claim they acted out of duress in order to change a murder charge to voluntary manslaughter, Maryland’s top court unanimously ruled Friday.
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Read More »What constitutes ‘exoneration’? Minnesota court reverses compensation ruling for murder case ‘linchpin’
June 11, 2021
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A Minnesota manslaughter case that has bounced back and forth from the trial court and two appellate courts has raised complex questions about the nature of exoneration – and when compensation is justly required.
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Read More »Baltimore gang members indicted in connection with dozens of shootings, many fatal
June 3, 2021
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Federal prosecutors announced the indictment of 15 alleged members and associates of a Baltimore gang in connection with 18 killings, 27 attempted killings, witness intimidation and running street-level drug distribution “shops.”
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