Welcome to Monday, the 131st anniversary of the first Army-Navy football game, which Navy won 24-0 at West Point. Here are some news items to kick off your week. — Israeli Supreme Court orders orphan returned to Italy in custody ...

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Progressive prosecutors around the country are increasingly declaring they just won’t enforce some GOP-backed state laws.

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President Joe Biden is nominating nine lawyers to run U.S. attorney’s offices, a diverse group of candidates in the latest round of picks for the top law enforcement positions.

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A man accused in a rampage at three Baltimore liquor stores owned by Asian American families last month is now facing hate crime charges, prosecutors announced Monday.

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Prosecutors, defense counsel and civil litigators have greeted with frustration but understanding the decision by Maryland’s top jurist to suspend jury trials again, just six weeks after they resumed, due to resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We were running smoothly,” ...

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A change in the law that exempts hemp from the legal definition of marijuana means prosecutors should use more sophisticated lab tests to determine if suspected marijuana has the requisite concentration of THC to qualify as contraband, the Maryland Office of the ...

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Changes in the law to allow for the production of hemp in Maryland may have unintentionally created a complication for marijuana prosecutions due to the altered definition of marijuana in criminal law, a state lawmaker is arguing. Del. Erek L. Barron, D-Prince ...

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Though some “second chance” legislation failed to pass the General Assembly in 2019 despite years of pushes from advocates, a bill to provide a tool to prosecutors to vacate past unjust convictions gained bipartisan support and passed both chambers by the ...

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What may be the gravest legal threat yet to Trump's presidency was the work of a prosecutor hundreds of miles from the special counsel's office.

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As the opioid crisis rages in Maryland, prosecutors are continuing to develop and hone strategies to get help for those in need while also punishing distributors contributing to the problem.

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