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Longest-serving death-row inmate wins new trial
Today is Monday, the 171st anniversary of the illustration of Uncle Sam. Here are some other news items. — World’s longest-serving death-row inmate wins new trial. — Georgia needs more […]
Unwelcome birthday party results in unexpected expense
Welcome to Monday, the 45th anniversary of Baltimore Orioles great Eddie Murray‘s first career home run. The Hall of Famer would end his 21-year career with 504 round trippers. Here […]
Use of rape-kit DNA to investigate other crimes shocks prosecutors
The San Francisco district attorney's stunning claim that California crime labs are using DNA from sexual assault survivors to investigate unrelated crimes shocked prosecutors nationwide.
2021 was unkind to corporate bankruptcy attorneys
Welcome to Monday, the 93rd anniversary of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in Chicago, in which 7 gangsters were killed. Here are some more news items. — Corporate bankruptcy lawyers […]
Israel’s high court rules in international custody dispute
Welcome to Monday, the 131st anniversary of the first Army-Navy football game, which Navy won 24-0 at West Point. Here are some news items to kick off your week. — […]
District attorneys refuse to prosecute some GOP-led laws
Progressive prosecutors around the country are increasingly declaring they just won’t enforce some GOP-backed state laws.
Biden nominates 9 candidates for federal prosecutor posts
President Joe Biden is nominating nine lawyers to run U.S. attorney’s offices, a diverse group of candidates in the latest round of picks for the top law enforcement positions.
Baltimore prosecutors add hate crime charges in Asian American store attacks
A man accused in a rampage at three Baltimore liquor stores owned by Asian American families last month is now facing hate crime charges, prosecutors announced Monday.
Md. jury trial suspension elicits lawyers’ frustration, understanding, concerns
Prosecutors, defense counsel and civil litigators have greeted with frustration but understanding the decision by Maryland’s top jurist to suspend jury trials again, just six weeks after they resumed, due […]
AG: Marijuana prosecutions likely need special testing after hemp legalization
A change in the law that exempts hemp from the legal definition of marijuana means prosecutors should use more sophisticated lab tests to determine if suspected marijuana has the requisite concentration of […]
Law affecting definition of marijuana complicates prosecutions
Changes in the law to allow for the production of hemp in Maryland may have unintentionally created a complication for marijuana prosecutions due to the altered definition of marijuana in criminal […]
Md. bill passes allowing prosecutors to vacate ‘unjust’ convictions
Though some “second chance” legislation failed to pass the General Assembly in 2019 despite years of pushes from advocates, a bill to provide a tool to prosecutors to vacate past unjust […]
