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Senators turn away repeal of death penalty in Md.
Baltimore County senators rebuffed an effort to abolish Maryland's death penalty yesterday, persuading lawmakers instead to restrict when capital punishment can be used. The Senate's first full debate on the death penalty in more than three decades was...Tags: Roy P Dyson, Delores G. Kelley, Politics, Death Penalty, Joan Carter Conway
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Narrow majority of Md. senators oppose repeal of death penalty, survey reveals
Gov. Martin O'Malley's push to end the death penalty in Maryland would probably fall short if a legislative vote were held today, even though the governor insisted yesterday that the repeal effort "has a real shot this year." A Baltimore Sun survey of...Tags: Roy P Dyson, Delores G. Kelley, Politics, Death Penalty, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Oken's case a challenge in debate on death penalty
Sun StaffNext week's scheduled execution of Steven Oken presents a difficult case for all but the most resolute opponents of the death penalty. He fits none of the categories for which recent constitutional challenges have been mounted against the death penalty:...Tags: Prosecution, Death Penalty, Health and Safety at School, Prince George's County, University of Maryland, College Park
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Senate confirms Weinstein as city judge
Sun StaffBrushing aside unproven allegations that she may have lied about her sexual orientation on Army personnel forms nearly two decades ago, the Maryland Senate confirmed the nomination of Baltimore City District Judge Halee F. Weinstein by a wide margin...Tags: Politics, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Armed Forces, Executive Branch, Richard F. Colburn
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Jury-duty bill exempts those breast-feeding
Sun StaffWomen who are breast-feeding their children could be exempted from jury duty under a bill considered yesterday by members of the Maryland Senate's Judicial Proceedings Committee. "Obviously, everyone here knows the difficulty it would cause to bring a...Tags: Justice System, Massachusetts, American Academy of Pediatrics, Crime, Law and Justice, Nursing
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Senate panel OKs marijuana measure
Sun StaffA measure that would lessen the penalty for sick people found with marijuana if they can prove they possessed it for medical reasons eked out a key Senate committee victory yesterday. The bill, approved 6-5 by the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee,...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Crime, Law and Justice, Leo E Green, Health
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Sentence in killings raises racial concerns anew
Sun StaffWhen Maryland Sen. Lisa A. Gladden, a Baltimore Democrat, heard about the sentencing decision in Douglas A. Starliper's Baltimore County murder trial, she was incensed. To her, the result fit an all-too-familiar pattern: Killers whose victims are black do...Tags: Prosecution, Death Penalty, Health and Safety at School, University of Maryland, College Park, Ralph M Hughes
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The Sun endorses
Recap of The Sun's endorsements for the Nov. 5, 2002 election GOVERNOR Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D) -------------------- ATTORNEY GENERAL J. Joseph Curran Jr. (D) -------------------- BALTIMORE CITY YES to Questions A through N, P -------------...Tags: Elections, Delores G. Kelley, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Michael Collins, Nathaniel J McFadden
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Panel approves giving unborn legal status
Sun StaffMaryland is a step closer to enacting a state version of the proposed Laci and Conner federal law, after a Senate committee approved a bill yesterday to outlaw bringing intentional harm to an unborn child. Members of the Senate Judicial Proceedings...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Politics, American Civil Liberties Union, Criminal Laws
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Death penalty study is reviewed
Sun StaffA 2 1/2 -year study of Maryland's use of the death penalty entered the political galaxy of Annapolis yesterday, where lawmakers quickly spun it to their own purposes. The study, commissioned by Gov. Parris N. Glendening, has been awaited eagerly by...Tags: Prosecution, Politics, Death Penalty, University of Maryland, College Park, Health and Safety at School
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Budget that includes 5% tax on snacks gets Senate's tentative OK
Sun StaffThe Maryland Senate gave preliminary approval yesterday to a $23.6 million state budget despite complaints from Republicans that a $159 million tax package used to balance it is excessive and unnecessary. Majority Democrats fought back a Republican...Tags: Elections, Sheila E., Anne Arundel County, Politics, Republican Party
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Curran's views raise concern over conflict
Sun StaffA federal judge had derailed execution plans for convicted murderer Steven Oken, and a final push was needed before a killer could receive an injection of toxins. So the office of one of Maryland's most prominent death-penalty opponents sprang into...Tags: Justice System, Trials, Death Penalty, Criminals, Crime, Law and Justice
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