More than two years after the General Assembly established a committee to recommend policies for handling rape kits and to increase access to justice for survivors, a new law mandates testing and a federal grant is expected to help test ...

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Baltimore County and the Baltimore County Police Department were awarded $300,000 Monday to support cold case sexual assault investigations.

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A federal judge on Monday dismissed – at least for now — a civil rights lawsuit alleging UMBC, county police and the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office improperly handled sexual assault investigations by at least five women. In dismissing the ...

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Welcome to Monday, a time for wishing each other many happy returns. Here are some news items to get your week started: — A former Watergate grand jury foreman awaits release of Mueller report. — A non-Shakespearean actress must decide ...

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Baltimore County officials say they will again review how police conduct sexual assault investigations after continued complaints about how authorities handle the cases.

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Law Blog Roundup took Monday off to honor Presidents’ Day with someone born during the Hoover administration. Here are some news items for this week starting on Tuesday, the 56th anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique.” ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 42nd anniversary of the release of Fleetwood Mac’s album “Rumours.” Here are some news items to get your week started: — Bail without consideration of defendants’ financial circumstances violates due process, ABA tells U.S. Supreme Court ...

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ANNAPOLIS – Mothers or fathers whose parental rights were terminated for having conceived the child through nonconsensual intercourse could still be ordered to pay child support under legislation being considered by the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. Senate Bill 98 would ...

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The University of Maryland, Baltimore County called a lawsuit alleging the school, police and prosecutors improperly handle sexual assault investigations “long on outrage and short on concrete facts” in a motion to dismiss filed Monday. The lawsuit, filed in September, ...

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Former judges speak out heads news items including presidential precedent for arrest, sexual-assault victims call investigator lax and a law firm spreads joy.

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