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Md. high court to decide who sentences murderers to life in prison
Maryland’s top court will consider whether the General Assembly – in its zeal to repeal capital punishment in 2013 – truly left it for juries rather than judges to decide whether a convicted first-degree murderer deserves the state’s new ultimate punishment, life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Top court: No mandatory life without parole for minors
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it is unconstitutional for state laws to require juveniles convicted of murder to be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of […]
Manning defers plea in WikiLeaks case
FORT MEADE —An Army private chose not to enter a plea Thursday to charges he made the biggest leak of classified information in U.S. history. Pfc. Bradley Manning also put […]
Guantanamo war crimes trial to start for former Baltimore resident
A citizen of Pakistan who once lived in Baltimore is headed for a Guantanamo war crimes tribunal. Pentagon prosecutors filed charges Tuesday that include murder against Majid Khan. The 31-year-old […]
Polygamist leader gets life in prison for assault
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday for sexually assaulting an underage follower he took as a bride in what his […]
17 indicted in alleged drug conspiracy
WASHINGTON — Authorities say 17 people have been indicted in a drug trafficking probe. Fifteen have been arrested. The 17 were indicted on Aug. 4 on charges of conspiracy to […]
Baltimore man gets life in Frederick cabbie’s slaying
A Baltimore man convicted of first-degree murder in the slaying of a Frederick taxicab driver has been sentenced to life in prison, plus another 20 years for a handgun offense. […]
Ex-Navy controller gets life in slaying of wife
A former air traffic controller for the Navy has been sentenced to life in prison for interstate domestic violence in the stabbing death of his wife in 2009 and attempted […]
O’Malley won’t veto bill on parole decision time
ANNAPOLIS — Gov. Martin O’Malley won’t veto a bill that limits the time Maryland‘s governor gets to make a decision to grant parole for an inmate sentenced to life in […]
4th Circuit hears challenge to murder conviction
RICHMOND, Va. — A South Carolina man who spent 28 years on death row before getting his sentence changed to life in prison now hopes a single strand of blond […]
