ANNAPOLIS – Joan Vinson was a distraught woman when she first met Ross Perot in 1969
Public Health Panel Sees Gun Violence As Disease
BALTIMORE – Gun violence is usually the province of policemen and politicians, but the problem was called a disease Wednesday at a gathering of public health officials
Senate Gun-Control Opponents Plan Filibuster as Protest
ANNAPOLIS – Senate opponents of Gov
Glendening Restores Funding for Prison Education
ANNAPOLIS – Teachers in Maryland’s prison schools and their inmate students rejoiced Tuesday over a decision by Gov
Glendening Outlines Gun Enforcement Strategy at Conference
COLLEGE PARK — With votes imminent on his gun-control legislation and the outcome still in doubt, Gov
Bill Would Let Drug Users Sue Pushers
ANNAPOLIS – Drug users could sue their dealers under a bill pushed by a state lawmaker from inner-city Baltimore
Shame Touted as Weapon to Fight Youth Crime
ANNAPOLIS – State lawmakers wrestling with the burgeoning problem of juvenile crime should follow the ancient example of New Zealand tribes and “shame” youthful offenders into going straight, a University of Maryland criminologist argues
Pot Reversal,285
ANNAPOLIS – A student lawyer persuaded the Maryland Court of Special Appeals to throw out the marijuana conviction of a Prince George’s County man
Court Says Judge Was Right to Leave Pakistan Case Alone
ANNAPOLIS – A Baltimore County judge acted correctly in leaving alone the child-custody decision of a Pakistani court, even though the foreign court looked to Islamic teaching in determining the child’s “best interests,” the Maryland Court of Special Appeals ruled Wednesday