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Doctor’s testimony not required in certain rape cases, Md. high court rules
Prosecutors need not present expert medical testimony on an alleged victim’s mental capacity to gain the conviction of a person charged with raping someone incapable of giving consent to sexual […]
As parental-rights bill goes viral, Md. lawmaker speaks out
A bill to enable courts to strip parental rights from a parent who conceived the child via non-consenual sex is getting more attention now than it did during session.
Md. high court weighs evidentiary burden in rape cases
Defense lawyer and prosecutor battle over whether medical testimony is needed to show rape victim's mental defect made her legally incapable of giving consent.
Zirkin backs Md. bill to clarify resistance unneeded to prove rape
The chair of the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee on Thursday endorsed legislation making clear that rape victims need not show they tried to resist their assailants physically in order to gain a rape conviction.
Senate panel weighs bill removing ‘physical resistance’ in rape cases
Senate panel hears testimony on bill removing requirement that rape victims show they tried to resist their assailants physically, lest the rapist be acquitted.
Backers of bill to end accused rapists’ parental rights vow to fight on
Supporters say they are not deterred by the perennial death in the General Assembly of legislation designed to make it easier for courts to strip parental rights from a mother or father who conceived the child through non-consensual intercourse.
Zirkin reverses course on amendment, placing at risk ending-parental-rights bill
An influential senator said Monday afternoon that he will hold fast to an amendment that will likely end the enactment chances of legislation designed to make it easier for courts to strip parental rights from a mother or father who conceived the child through non-consensual intercourse.
Md. Senate panel amends, possibly kills termination of parental rights bill
A Senate panel Thursday night amended and likely ended the enactment chances of legislation designed to make it easier for courts to strip parental rights from a mother or father who conceived the child through non-consensual intercourse.
Senate panel calls for trial before termination of alleged rapist’s parental rights
Concerned with the due-process rights of the alleged, uncharged rapist, a Senate panel on Thursday tightened pending legislation designed to make it easier for courts to strip parental rights from a mother or father who conceived the child through non-consensual intercourse.
Convicted rapist pleads guilty to 1982 Prince George’s Co. murder
A man serving time for a rape conviction pleaded guilty Monday to the 1982 murder of Laurel woman nearly three years after DNA established a link between him and the […]
Key senator wants to make sure bill terminating rapists’ parental rights is ‘legally correct’
The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee might be the last significant hurdle to long-stalled legislation to make it easier for judges to strip parental rights from a mother or father who conceived the child through non-consensual intercourse.
Baltimore man accused of impersonating Marshals in rapes
COLWYN, Pa. — A Baltimore rape suspect who police say lured victims by impersonating a U.S. Marshal has been arrested outside Philadelphia. Real U.S. Marshals wrestled 32-year-old Edwin Gerard Johnson […]
