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Request for psychiatric evaluation delays jury selection in murder trial
waynesboro@herald-mail.comNewly filed court documents reveal that a request for an emergency psychiatric evaluation halted jury selection last week in a Franklin County, Pa., capital murder trial for a man accused of killing his mother. Defendant Marcus Wallace’s...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Justice System, Judges
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Attorney: Charges dropped against Boonsboro man mistaken for bank robber
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comCharges have been dropped against a Boonsboro man whose attorney said a case of mistaken identity led to his client being wrongly accused of robbing a Hagerstown bank last month. During a hearing that lasted only a few minutes Thursday in Washington...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Justice System, Criminals
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Letters to the Editor - June 9
Columnist should have checked his facts To the editor: I’d like to take the opportunity to respond to Lloyd Waters’ column, “Leap tall buildings? Become a CO” (June 2, 2013). To do so, I must state I’m not speaking for...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, American Cancer Society, U.S. Army, Government, Politics
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George Michael: The president's empty promises
There is a deep and pervasive disease in the current presidential administration. Hope and Change has turned into Hype and Chance. In last Saturday’s Herald-Mail, an AP article recounted the president’s defense of our government’s...Tags: The New York Times, FBI, Government, Politics, National Security Agency
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Attorney for man charged in 2006 slaying seeks dismissal on grounds of double jeopardy
dona@herald-mail.comThe tables were turned Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court when a judge, attorneys and court officials took the witness stand in a hearing in which the attorney for an accused killer is seeking to have the case dismissed due to double jeopardy....Tags: Witnesses, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Justice System, Litigation
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Unger to get new trial for 1976 conviction in death of Hagerstown police officer
davem@herald-mail.comMerle Unger will get a new trial for his 1976 felony murder conviction in the shooting death of a Hagerstown police officer, but only after agreeing to a number of conditions, including giving up his right to a jury trial. Talbot County Circuit Judge...Tags: Witnesses, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Crimes, Judges, Trials
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Information-sharing issue delayed murder trial for Pa. man accused of killing mother
waynesboro@herald-mail.comAn information-sharing issue between prosecutors and defense attorneys apparently delayed the start of the capital murder trial in the Franklin County (Pa.) Court of Common Pleas for a man accused of killing his mother. A trial for Marcus Wallace was...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Murder, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Justice System, Judges
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U.S. Supreme Court authorizes post-arrest DNA collection
The Baltimore SunA divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that police in Maryland and elsewhere can continue the warrantless collection of DNA from people arrested — but not convicted — of serious crimes. The 5-4 decision upheld a state law that allows...Tags: Chemical Industry, Antonin Scalia, Martin O'Malley, Samuel A. Alito, Science and Technology
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Former Martinsburg W.Va. trooper pleads not guilty to fraud charge
matthewu@herald-mail.comA trial for a West Virginia state trooper accused of fraudulent “double-dipping” while working with the law-enforcement agency’s Martinsburg detachment has been set for Oct. 29 in Berkeley County Circuit Court. Johnathan D. Brand, who...Tags: Defendants, Crimes, Judges, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Post-conviction proceedings denied for man convicted in death of night watchman
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA man convicted of murdering a night watchman at a Hagerstown business nearly four decades ago was denied a hearing to have his conviction overturned. On Friday, Washington County Circuit Court Judge M. Kenneth Long Jr. signed a court order to deny...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Justice System, Judges, Criminal Laws
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Chambersburg drug trafficker sentenced to life in prison
A 44-year-old former Chambersburg, Pa., man who participated in a Franklin County-based drug-trafficking conspiracy was sentenced May 21 by Chief U.S. District Court Judge Yvette Kane to serve a mandatory term of life in prison without release. After...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Cocaine, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Crimes, Justice System
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Prosecutor: U.S. soldier dumped sensitive info into enemy's hands via WikiLeaks
Associated PressPfc. Bradley Manning went on trial Monday for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, including sensitive information prosecutors said fell into enemy hands. Manning, a 25-year-old former intelligence...Tags: Military Justice, Osama bin Laden, Wars and Interventions, Trials, Daniel Ellsberg
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