ANNAPOLIS – A Maryland appeals court Wednesday upheld the mandatory 25-year jail term for a burglar who was sentenced just one day before lawmakers moved to relax the “three strikes, you’re out” law that put him behind bars
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Lawmakers Aim to Make Harassment by E-Mail a Felony
ANNAPOLIS – For more than two decades it has been a crime in Maryland to harass someone over the telephone
Bill Targets `Social Promotion’ of Unprepared Students
ANNAPOLIS – Maryland schools need strict standards for passing students up a grade instead of using promotions “as a means of getting them out of the way,” a lawmaker argued Tuesday
Couple Fights Murderer for Custody of His Kids
ANNAPOLIS – Charles Hicks stabbed his wife, Nancy Klotz, 34 times while their 2-year-old son watched in their South Baltimore home in 1996
Conviction for Baltimore Shooting Spree Upheld
ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland Court of Special Appeals on Tuesday upheld the attempted-murder conviction of a Baltimore man who opened fire on three men whose double-parked car was blocking his way
Health Department Collects $18 Million More Than Needed in Fees
ANNAPOLIS- The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene collected about $18 million more in fees from health-care practitioners than it needed to regulate them over the past two years
Shore Delegates Ready to Push Their Own Pfiesteria Plan
ANNAPOLIS – Eastern Shore lawmakers will unveil their own bill this week to fight pfiesteria, setting up a showdown with the Glendening administration over the toxic microbe