WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday overturned the conviction and monthlong jail sentence of a former government whistle-blower protector who pleaded guilty to keeping information from congressional investigators. Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that a magistrate judge “abused her discretion” ...

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GREENBELT — Prince George’s County Councilwoman Leslie E. Johnson pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to commit evidence and witness tampering related to money her husband, then-county executive Jack B. Johnson, received from developers in exchange for helping them secure federal ...

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The Justice Department on Thursday reached a plea agreement in the leak case against a former National Security Agency official. In court papers, the government said Thomas Drake will plead guilty to exceeding authorized use of a computer, a misdemeanor. ...

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Warning to Maryland defense attorneys: When it comes to requests to modify sentences, make sure the prosecution agrees not only to a modification hearing but to join you in pressing for the modification itself. Convicted armed robber Paul Andrew Tatem ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will consider a plea from companies that cater to people with bad credit to keep disputes with their customers out of court and in the more business-friendly forum of arbitration. Days after handing businesses a ...

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BALTIMORE — Three people have pleaded guilty to plotting to smuggle counterfeit Coach handbags made in Malaysia and China into the Port of Baltimore. Forty-three-year-old Kin Yip Ng of Whitestone, N.Y., 39-year-old Lidan Zhang of China and 32-year-old Josephine Zhou ...

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Lawyers for Nick’s Amusements Inc. entered a guilty plea Friday on behalf of the company for charges of laundering $35,000 in illegal gambling proceeds. U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Motz approved the $50,000 sentence, agreed upon by prosecutors and the ...

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WASHINGTON — Last term’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Padilla v. Kentucky placed a constitutional duty upon defense attorneys to advise clients if a plea carries a risk of deportation. But now, state and federal courts are applying the ruling’s ...

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HAGERSTOWN — Jury selection is under way in Hagerstown for the trial of a woman charged with breaking into a couple’s house and injuring the husband while wearing only a bridal skirt and veil. Thirty-three-year-old Melissa Wagaman entered a plea ...

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