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Mar 19, 2018

This execution would be extra cruel, lawyers say

Welcome to Monday, the 41st anniversary of the final episode of “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.” Here are some news items to get your week started. — Executing this client could be especially painful, lawyers say. — California city might opt out of the “Sanctuary State” amid constitutional concerns. — Lawyers have their own online-commiseration […]

Aug 15, 2017

Trump’s sanctuary city threat triggers confusion, changes

CHICAGO — From defiant lawsuits to reversing policies, U.S. cities and counties are zeroing in on their immigration rules to avoid losing millions in public safety dollars that the White House has threatened to withhold amid a high-stakes clash over sanctuary policies. President Donald Trump has made it a top priority to revoke federal dollars […]

Aug 3, 2017

Sessions threatens Baltimore with loss of crime-fighting help

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Jeff Sessions moved Thursday to again punish so-called sanctuary cities, this time threatening to deny federal crime-fighting resources to four cities beset by violence if they don’t step up efforts to help detain and deport people living in the country illegally. The Justice Department sent letters to cities struggling with gun violence, […]

Nov 17, 2016

Rawlings-Blake bucks Trump, vows Baltimore will remain ‘welcoming city’ to immigrants

Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake on Thursday dubbed Baltimore a “welcoming city” and stood by an order preventing police and other city employees from asking about a resident’s immigration status. Rawlings-Blake issued the executive order in 2012, but such practices, which are also used in many major cities in the United States, have been criticized by conservatives […]

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Emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal crash along Interstate 695 on March 22, 2023, near Woodlawn. Multiple people were killed when a passenger vehicle pulled into a work zone along the Baltimore beltway and struck construction workers there, Maryland State Police said. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Md. high court finds Sixth Amendment violation, upholds new trial order

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Eric Simmons, left, and Demetrius Smith, who were found innocent after spending years in prison for crimes they did not commit in Maryland, testify before state lawmakers on Feb. 26, 2020, in Annapolis. On Sept. 20, 2023, a Maryland board approved more than $340,000 for a settlement to compensate Smith, who was wrongly convicted of murder and assault in two separate cases and spent more than five years in prison. (AP Photo/Brian Witte, File)

Maryland board awards $316,000 to man wrongfully imprisoned for murder

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Maryland Public Defender: New study highlights need to reduce workloads

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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission headquarters and Washington Field Office. (Wikimedia Commons / AgnosticPreachersKid / “Woodward_and_Lothrop_Service_Warehouse” / CC BY-SA 3.0

EEOC files suit against Md. private school alleging disability discrimination

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