ANNAPOLIS — Maryland’s highest court Wednesday reversed the burglary conviction and sentence of a Centreville man who incriminated himself after a police officer showed him some evidence before reading him his rights

ANNAPOLIS – Bail bondsmen and prominent Maryland public officials clashed Wednesday at a hearing on a bill that could hurt bondsmen by encouraging defendants to pay bail directly to the court

ANNAPOLIS – Gun control advocates rallied at the State House Wednesday to push for a bill to require handgun buyers to get a license similar to a driver’s license

ANNAPOLIS – A bill allowing mothers to legally abandon their newborns with any responsible person passed the Maryland House of Delegates Tuesday, ending – at least for a while – debate over the state’s safe haven laws

ANNAPOLIS – Lawmakers anxious to put an end to highly publicized instances of child abuse in Maryland’s juvenile justice system will likely require the Juvenile Justice Department to maintain an independent monitor

ANNAPOLIS – A change to legislation that allows distraught mothers to legally abandon their babies prompted more than 20 members of the Maryland House of Delegates to remove their names as co-sponsors of the bill

ANNAPOLIS – A retired judge told legislators this week that bills proposed to protect Marylanders from terrorism actually erode their liberties

ANNAPOLIS – The increased use of genetic testing in criminal cases has prompted politicians, police officers and lawyers to push for laws expanding and safeguarding genetic evidence

ANNAPOLIS — When 19-year-old Daniel Reardon was found unconscious in the lounge of a University of Maryland, College Park fraternity house last week, the long-running debate about underage drinking and fraternity life reopened

COLLEGE PARK — A University of Maryland student is in critical condition after he was found unconscious in a fraternity house in the wee hours of Friday morning, campus officials said