Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate whether police practices in her city are violating civil rights.
In a news conference on Wednesday, Rawlings-Blake said…
Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old Baltimore man who died from a spinal injury after being arrested by police, had health problems as a child due to lead-paint exposure, according to a…
Baltimore police have completed their investigation into their treatment of Freddie Gray, whose death from a spinal injury in police custody sparked protests and rioting in the city.
After postponing a scheduled Baltimore Orioles game against the Chicago White Sox on Monday and Tuesday, due to rioting in the city, team officials came up with a highly…
The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights probe into the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old man who died after his spine was injured while in the custody…
Evidence from a stingray surveillance device that traced a homicide victim’s stolen phone to the home of a suspect can be used in the suspect’s murder trial, a Baltimore judge…
The parties in a Maryland auto-accident case lost their chance Wednesday to have the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court help determine liability, if any.
Defense lawyers representing Adnan Syed in the appeal of his murder conviction are following the lead of a journalist who produced the wildly popular Serial podcast about his case.
A former Hooters waitress who says she was fired over her blonde highlights after a manager told her “black people don’t have blonde hair,” has won more than $250,000 in…
A Maryland lawyer has been disbarred for sexting an unrepresented opposing party and offering to find a “sugar daddy” who would pay to watch her masturbate.
Beset by health problems that led to her consent disbarment the following year, a Maryland criminal defense attorney never interviewed an alibi witness or sought a plea bargain during his…
The convicted murderer whose case is portrayed in the popular Serial podcast will be allowed to pursue an appeal based on claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.
A popular podcast series raised doubts about the evidence used to convict Adnan Syed of murder without any significant basis for doing so, the Intercept says, relying on information…
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