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The “X” factor in jury trials
This week, like so many in Maryland and around the nation, I awaited the jury’s verdict in the trial against George Huguely V for the murder of Yeardley Love in […]
Man involved in trooper’s killing in Forestville sentenced
UPPER MARLBORO — Authorities say the man who provided a gun used to kill a Maryland state trooper outside a restaurant in 2010 has been sentenced to five years in […]
Huguely sentenced to 26 years in prison
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — In a trial that revealed the lives of elite athletes at a top-notch school, a former University of Virginia lacrosse player faces 26 years in prison for the […]
Jury finds Huguely guilty of second-degree murder
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Jurors found a former University of Virginia lacrosse player guilty of second-degree murder Wednesday in the slaying of his ex-girlfriend that was fueled by jealousy over her […]
Nigerian underwear bomber to get life sentence
DETROIT — Alain Ghonda travels the globe with heightened awareness after Christmas 2009, when a plane he was on could have been destroyed in midair by a terrorist smuggling a […]
Prosecutors want Johnson to pay fine before prison
GREENBELT — Prosecutors say former Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson has the money to pay a $100,000 fine related to his extortion conviction before he heads to prison. The […]
Sentencing set for former Ehrlich aide in robocalls case
A political aide to former Gov. Robert Ehrlich faces up to 12 years in prison for conspiring to use Election Day robocalls in what prosecutors cast as an effort to […]
Double-murder suspect convicted in Oakland killings
OAKLAND — A registered sex offender has been convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the slaying of a young couple in a hobo camp in Oakland. Forty-six-year-old Jeffrey […]
Law digest: 2/13/12
MARYLAND COURT OF APPEALS Civil Procedure, Motion for new trial: The trial court did not err in denying defendant-physician’s motion for a new trial, where the Court of Appeals’ holding […]
Arraignment set for Bradley Manning in Wikileaks case
FORT MEADE — An Army private accused of leaking classified material to the anti-secrecy website Wikileaks will be back in a military courtroom for an arraignment later this month. The […]
Former P.G. County executive’s prison term delayed
WASHINGTON — Former Prince George’s County Executive Jack Johnson, who pleaded guilty last year in a federal corruption investigation, will have two more weeks of freedom. Johnson was sentenced to […]
Crofton dentist who used paper clips for root canals gets 1 year
FALL RIVER, Mass. — A Maryland man was sentenced to one year in jail Monday for using paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in root canals. Dr. Michael Clair […]
