Judges Propose Reducing Steps In Bail Process
Some of Maryland's judges are proposing the state reduce the number of steps in the bail-setting process.
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Some of Maryland's judges are proposing the state reduce the number of steps in the bail-setting process.
A federal judge will hear arguments on whether a napkin-sized painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir should go to a Baltimore museum or a Virginia woman who says she bought it at a flea market for $7.
A federal judge rules in favor of a program allowing the NSA to collect the phone records of millions of Americans. This, after another judge found the practice unconstitutional.
A federal judge has ruled that a Baltimore stripper is entitled to back wages because her nightclub wrongly classified her as an independent contractor instead of an employee.
Maryland's new chief judge has set a deadline for the state's highest court to issue decisions.
A judge has declared a mistrial for a man accused in the 2006 slaying of a former federal police officer.
The NFL will lay out three-quarter of a billion dollars to settle with thousands of former football players over concussion-related injuries.
A military judge refused Thursday to dismiss a charge that Army Pfc. Bradley Manning aided the enemy by giving reams of classified information to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.
Unprecedented changes in the making for Maryland's highest court. The Maryland Court of Appeals is in line to get its first woman Chief Judge.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by an American imprisoned in Cuba against the U.S. government, for whom he was working when he was arrested.
A pioneer on the bench in Maryland retires after a lengthy and distinguished career.
A Maryland judge has made rulings on evidence ahead of a new trial for a man convicted of the 1975 killing of an off-duty Hagerstown police officer.
Contraceptive controversy. A surprise ruling by a federal judge allows young girls to get the morning-after pill without a doctor's or parent's permission.
The Anne Arundel County Executive's misconduct trial heats up. Opening arguments were heard with strong words from prosecutors and the defense. Now, the prosecution's witnesses are taking the stand.
A judge has formally declared the innocence of a Washington man who spent 28 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit.
Was Judge Mark Stanley misappropriating public funds by charging his car at a court house?
Robert M. Bell, the chief judge of Maryland's Court of Appeals, will be talking to students at Annapolis High School on Friday.
State prosecutors and defense attorneys for Delegate Tiffany Alston failed to reach a plea agreement as scheduled Wednesday to resolve two separate misconduct cases relating to her use of state money and campaign funds that could lead to her dismissal from office.
More than two decades behind bars. That's the sentence for George Huguely, the Chevy Chase man convicted of killing Cockeysville native Yeardley Love.
Karla Smith smiles easily for someone who has seen the worst that people have to offer.
A Queen Anne's County judge has refused to dismiss a suit challenging the rezoning of more than 500 rural acres to permit development.
Maryland can continue enforcing its gun permit law requiring residents to show a "good and substantial reason" to carry handguns until a federal appeals court decides the matter, the court said Wednesday.
A lawsuit against Frederick County over a proposed rezoning that opponents say will lead to higher taxes, sprawl and environmental harm has been dismissed. But an attorney for the environmental groups and residents who filed the lawsuit said Friday that they can re-file once the county's plan passes.
A mistrial has been declared in the campaign fraud trial against ex-presidential candidate John Edwards. Jurors on Thursday acquitted John Edwards of one of six counts involving him taking money from wealthy heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon. They told the judge they are deadlocked on the other five charges against him.
A judge in Baltimore has slashed the damages awarded in the death of a state prison inmate who was murdered aboard a prison bus in 2005.
