ANNAPOLIS – Citing confusion to the general public and law researchers, advocates implored lawmakers Thursday to rename Maryland’s Court of Appeals and Court of Special Appeals

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ANNAPOLIS – House Judiciary Committee members heard testimony Tuesday on two bills aimed at preventing crime – using the death penalty to deter drug murders and seizing cars to deter prostitution

ANNAPOLIS – Making criminals serve their full sentences should be a priority in restructuring the state’s sentencing guidelines

ANNAPOLIS – Legislators should disclose their financial interests twice a year, and at the same time as lobbyists, a state delegate told a House committee during a Wednesday hearing

ANNAPOLIS – After more than an hour of wrangling over numbers and percentages, the state Judicial Compensation Committee Tuesday recommended a $9,000 pay increase for state judges, including chief judges

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Appeals Thursday limited the rights of parents who file late objections when the state attempts to gain custody of their children

ANNAPOLIS – In 1994, while trying a murder case, Baltimore City prosecutors wanted to use the confession of a Baltimore man who didn’t testify in his trial

ANNAPOLIS – The Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services asked legislators Tuesday to emphasize rehabilitating convicts instead of building more prisons, even though Maryland is beginning to face prison overcrowding

ANNAPOLIS – Key Howard County lawmakers said as the General Assembly session opened Wednesday that they would support an income tax cut this year, as long as it doesn’t require a sales tax increase