It was an eventful week in the city of Baltimore and in the state of Maryland, as city police announced charges against officers allegedly involved in an extortion scheme, and the same-sex marriage bill moved its way through the state ...

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ANNAPOLIS — An audit has found the state’s public defender has not been thorough enough to determine financial eligibility of clients requesting a public defender. The audit, which was released Tuesday by state auditors, says the office’s policies did not ...

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A year and a half after a three-member board of trustees fired Maryland’s public defender — a controversy that led to legislative reform — most of the new 13-member board gathered in Annapolis on Friday afternoon for their first meeting, ...

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Sometimes you just can’t win. My fantasy football team is a prime example. I lost again this week, despite having the second-highest score in the league. Granted, this is the first season I’ve played fantasy football, so I’m cutting myself ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s top court last week grappled with whether a woman’s fear of the consequences if she did not submit to her assailant was objectively reasonable, in order to show he committed a sexual offense “by force or threats ...

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