Maryland, 33 Other States, Use Injections to Kill Prisoners

BALTIMORE – Maryland prison officials killed Tyrone Delano Gilliam Monday night by lethal injection, which officials say is the quickest and most pain-free method of execution

Death Penalty Opponents Look to Next Inmate Likely to be Executed

BALTIMORE – Death penalty opponents are already looking beyond Monday night’s execution of convicted murderer Tyrone Delano Gilliam, drafting a plan to generate support to spare the life of Maryland’s next death row inmate likely to be executed, Kenneth Collins

Court Rules Adult Store in Annapolis May Stay Open, For Now

ANNAPOLIS – The Court of Special Appeals Tuesday reversed a lower-court decision that would have required a store that sells adult magazines and videos to move or shut down

EDS: EMBARGOED UNTIL SATURDAY, NOV. 14, AT NOON.

COLLEGE PARK – A recent survey of Maryland public school children could calm parents who worry the drug Ritalin is being over-prescribed

Workers Who Spoke Out on Contracting Problems Can Sue Bosses

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that two Baltimore City workers who spoke out against improper contracting in the city’s Department of Public Works could sue the bosses who demoted them

Marylanders Claiming Money They Didn’t Know They Were Owed

ANNAPOLIS – A 47-year-old Silver Spring man received a check for $145 from a state pension fund

Some Say Death Penalty Is Biased Against Blacks

ANNAPOLIS – Death row inmate Tyrone Delano Gilliam, who faces execution as early as Monday, has one thing in common with nine of the other 14 prisoners sentenced to death in Maryland – he is a black man who killed a white person

Appeals Court Overturns Award for Laid-Off Tour Conductor

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court Friday reversed a jury’s decision awarding more than $10,000 in damages to a former sight-seeing tour conductor

Jump In Fatal Accidents on U.S. Route 301 Alarms State Officials

WALDORF – Fifteen people have been killed on U