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A former Maryland correctional officer who helped cover up the severe beating of an inmate in 2008 was sentenced Tuesday to three years in a federal prison.
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Read More »Jail for Md. woman who drunkenly smothered baby
While breast-feeding her 2-month-old daughter, Yadina Morales passed out drunk, smothering the girl with her body. On Tuesday, she told a judge that she wakes up every day wishing she had died instead.
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Read More »Former Md. guard gets prison in inmate’s beating
A federal judge has sentenced a former Maryland correctional officer to 2 1/2 years in prison for his role in the beating of a state prison inmate at the medium-security Roxbury Correctional Institution near Hagerstown in 2008.
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Read More »Pa. man sentenced for selling counterfeit goods
A Pennsylvania man who pleaded guilty to selling thousands of counterfeit goods, including military-grade integrated circuits, has been sentenced to 21 months in prison.
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Read More »Bills to facilitate prison guard investigations
The governor has signed a series of bills aimed at preventing another corruption scandal like the Black Guerrilla Family case at the Baltimore Jail.
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Read More »Manning’s conviction, 35-year sentence upheld
An Army general has upheld Private Chelsea Manning's conviction and 35-year prison sentence for giving reams of classified U.S. government information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, the Army said Monday.
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Read More »Appeals court hears Abu Ghraib torture case
A lawyer for four former Iraqi detainees who say they were tortured at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison has asked a Virginia-based federal appeals court to reinstate their lawsuit against a military contractor.
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Read More »Will drone practices at law firms take off?
Law firms are anticipating a new practice area related to the commercial use of drones, and other top headlines in this week's Law Blog Roundup.
Read More »Mass. prison changes aim to reduce recidivism
Gov. Deval Patrick is unveiling a series of changes to Massachusetts’ criminal justice system, including a renewed focus on substance abuse treatment, limits on the use of restraints on mentally ill inmates and a ban on the shackling of pregnant prisoners while in labor.
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Read More »O’Malley: Phone security decreases jail violence
Gov. Martin O'Malley described the new cellphone screening system in the Baltimore City Detention Center as the state's latest step in a never-ending process: keeping pace with technology inmates use to continue criminal activities behind bars.
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