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Maryland abortion law is clear
There are flagrant, undefined loopholes in Maryland's abortion law. That's what letter writer Jeffrey D. Meister, director of administration and legislation for Maryland Right to Life, would have us think ("Maryland has de factor abortion on demand,"...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Social Issues, Maryland General Assembly, Abortion
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HIV-positive child rapist's 35-70 year sentence upheld
In 2011, an appeals court chided a Northampton County judge for giving an HIV-positive child rapist from Bath a virtual life sentence for possessing child pornography, saying it was excessive and an abuse of discretion. But ordered to sentence Shaun...Tags: Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Pornography, Laws
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Convicted abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell is spared death penalty
PHILADELPHIA — Kermit Gosnell, the abortion doctor convicted of killing three babies who were born alive in his grimy clinic, agreed Tuesday to give up his right to an appeal and now faces life in prison but will be spared a death sentence. The...
Tags: Punishment, Hospitals and Clinics, Justice System, Prescription Drugs, Laws
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Benjamin Lipsitz, 94, Pikesville attorney who defended Bremer
Benjamin Lipsitz, whose commitment to the spirit and letter of the law led him to defend a would-be assassin, a Nazi sympathizer and a craven murderer during a career that spanned more than a half-century, died May 10. He was 94. "He was so...
Tags: Baltimore City College, Justice System, Laws, U.S. Supreme Court, Baltimore County
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Conservative Afghan lawmakers block legislation protecting women's rights
Associated PressKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience. The...Tags: Al-Qaeda, Justice and Rights, Laws, Feminism, Hamid Karzai
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Coffee break proves downfall for hatchet-carrying hitchhiker
NEW YORK -- The hatchet-wielding hitchhiker known to his legions of Internet fans as Kai craved freedom, but he also craved coffee. That helped police catch the one-time Internet sensation, Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, 24, who is suspected of murdering a...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Laws, Starbucks Corp., Cherry Hill
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Ocoee hopes to set up citywide network of surveillance cameras
Ocoee hopes to set up a network of surveillance cameras to help police keep an eye on the city. The plan, as described to city commissioners by Lt. Mike Bryant, aims to link public and private surveillance devices on a high-speed, wireless network...
Tags: Politics, Real Estate Buyers, Laws, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Entertainment
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Maryland has de facto abortion on demand
I read with interest Del. Samuel I. "Sandy" Rosenberg's critique of Marta Mossburg's interpretation of abortion law ("Mossburg wrong on Md. abortion law," May 9). Though the lawyer-politician has great knowledge and experience in many areas of Maryland...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Elkton, Laws, Social Issues, LeRoy Carhart
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State's crime rate lowest in 42 years
Crime statewide reached its lowest rate in 42 years, with Broward and Palm Beach counties following the downward trend, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported Thursday. Broward's overall crime rate dropped by nearly 4 percent in 2012...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Laws, Palm Beach (Palm Beach, Florida), Rick Scott
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Charges severed in Martinsburg July 4 shooting
matthewu@herald-mail.comA Berkeley County judge ruled Thursday that a man accused of shooting another man and an 8-year-old girl at Martinsburg’s Fourth of July celebration last year could be tried May 28 on one felony count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials, Lawyers, Laws
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Free Kiera Wilmot as Florida confuses scientific aspirations with criminal intent
“Free Kiera Wilmot.” Let me get this straight: A 16 year-old girl participating in her school’s science project gets arrested after she mixes toilet bowl cleaner and pieces of aluminum foil in a water bottle that explodes. Nothing...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Science, Laws, Polk County, Rick Scott
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Pa. abortion doctor gets third life sentence
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Philadelphia doctor was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby that he described as so big it could "walk to the bus." Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted this week of first-degree murder in the...
Tags: Punishment, Justice System, Hospitals and Clinics, Prescription Drugs, Laws
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