A federal judge on Friday gave the Baltimore Police Department an all-clear to begin using aerial surveillance to fight crime in the city, rejecting arguments that the overflights would violate Baltimoreans’ constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and their right to ...

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The Maryland General Assembly passed legislation this session aimed at preventing and stiffening penalties for repeated gun offenders.

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Fifteen local law professors have given opponents of an omnibus anti-crime bill a constitutional argument against the legislation.

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As record violence continues in Baltimore city, members of a Maryland Senate committee on Tuesday will address possible solutions ahead of the next year’s legislative session, including Gov. Larry Hogan’s suggestion of “truth-in-sentencing” legislation to keep violent offenders from avoiding ...

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Due to record homicides and violent crime in many parts of the city, Baltimore has been called a “city in crisis.” But recent proposals have emerged aimed at addressing the violence with concrete ideas and action. One of the proposals, ...

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People convicted of conspiracy to commit a violent crime have neither a statutory nor constitutional right to conduct a potentially exonerating DNA test on evidence in the state’s possession, Maryland’s top court unanimously ruled Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON — Justice Department officials met Wednesday with police commanders, mayors and FBI leaders from across the country to discuss ways to reduce violent crime. The summit came amid a rise in murders in many large American cities this year. ...

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Sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion is not necessarily a crime of violence, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in overturning an Annapolis brothels operator’s conviction for using a firearm in relation to his illicit business.

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The civil trial of a western Maryland doctor accused of molesting a female patient is being moved to another county to ensure an impartial jury.

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As colleges across the country work to reduce sexual misconduct on campus while simultaneously encouraging students to report such incidents, what’s the best measure of their success?

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