Maryland Nears Completion on Police Car Recall; Critics Charge Problems Remain

ANNAPOLIS – A 26-year-old Prince George’s County Police officer killed in 1994 helped ignite a probe into the allegedly fire-prone Ford Crown Victoria police car that prompted the company to offer safety upgrades

Domestic Violence Victims Find Access Through Courts, Phones

ANNAPOLIS – Verizon Wireless will donate cell phones and airtime to victims of domestic abuse who have found safety under a new law requiring court offices to be open seven days a week

Life After the Death Penalty – Opponents Won’t Give Up Fight

ANNAPOLIS – Anti-death penalty legislation failed in the General Assembly session that ended Monday, but both sides of the issue vow that the fight is far from over

Maryland Settles Decade-Old Racial Profiling Lawsuit

ANNAPOLIS – Maryland finally approved the settlement of a 10-year-old racial profiling lawsuit against the State Police that mandates new training for troopers and closer monitoring of traffic stops

Basketball-Playing Twins Face Challenges: War, the Dance

ANNAPOLIS – March Madness has taken on a whole new meaning for the Moore family twins

Senate Halts Effort to Toughen Death Penalty Sentencing

ANNAPOLIS – The Senate Wednesday voted to prevent Maryland from making it more difficult to sentence a criminal to death

Senate Stops Death Penalty Moratorium

ANNAPOLIS – An effort to reinstate a death penalty moratorium was halted in the Maryland Senate by a single vote Tuesday

Office of Public Defender Catches Heat for Opposing Project Exile

ANNAPOLIS – Following a series of recent letdowns for Gov

Senate Panel Forwards Death Penalty Moratorium

ANNAPOLIS – With just one vote to spare, a controversial bill to stop Maryland’s use of the death penalty for three years made its way out of a Senate committee Friday

Tears, Pleas Mark Hearing On Death Penalty Bills

ANNAPOLIS – Madison Hobley, 42, on Illinois’ death row for 12 years before he was exonerated in January by the outgoing governor, cried after testifying before Maryland’s House Judiciary Committee Thursday