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Study: Health-care overhaul will raise claims costs by average of 32%
Associated PressMedical claims costs — the biggest driver of health insurance premiums — will jump an average 32 percent for Americans' individual policies under President Barack Obama's overhaul, according to a study by the nation's leading group of...Tags: Medicaid, Employment, Health Insurance Cost, Employment Opportunities, Insurance
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Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown: Racially biased death penalty must be abolished
Earlier this month, the Maryland Legislature passed legislation abolishing the death penalty. I believe the time has come to repeal the death penalty because it is racially biased, demonstrably unreliable and not an effective deterrent. This debate is...Tags: Politics, Prisons, Government, Punishment, Death Penalty
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Attorneys agree to lighter sentence for man guilty in traffic death
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comA Boonsboro man who pleaded guilty in the death of another man in an alcohol-related traffic accident last July was sentenced to serve four years in prison Tuesday in Washington County Circuit Court. But Bryan May, 45, of 103 Tiger Way, likely will serve...Tags: Trials, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Drunk Driving, Murder, Justice System
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Art Callaham: Attorneys in 1963 trial owed debt of gratitude
I couldn’t help but write about Hattie Carroll and our own local “trial of the century.” As I’ve completed some research on this event, I have come to the conclusion that we here in Hagerstown, and in Washington County, should feel...Tags: Judges, Loyola University Maryland, Trials, Racism, Justice System
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Tim Rowland: A heroic effort, an historic conviction
Hattie Carroll finally has a seat at the head of the table, and for that she has Hagers-town to thank. It’s an honor the black kitchen helper never had in life, as folk singer Bob Dylan angrily pointed out in his ballad, “The Lonesome Death...
Tags: Fred Astaire, Steve Allen, Heroism, Human Interest, Bob Dylan
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Death row inmate seeks conviction, sentence modification
waynesboro@herald-mail.comAttorneys’ actions leading up to and at trial in 1998 underwent hours of questioning Thursday as a death row inmate seeks modifications to his conviction and sentence. Albert E. Reid, 64, formerly of Biglerville, Pa., was found guilty in the Dec....Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Prosecution, Judges, Trials, Litigation
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W.Va. man charged in son's death ruled incompetent to stand trial
matthewu@herald-mail.comA judge in Berkeley County Circuit Court made a preliminary finding Thursday that one of two people charged in the New Year’s Day death of a 3-year-old boy last year is currently not competent to stand trial. James N. Mauldin is expected to be...Tags: Prosecution, Judges, Abusive Behavior, Trials, Defendants
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Chambersburg teacher charged in child porn case
Federal prosecutors said Thursday a Chambersburg Area Senior High School teacher used a computer program to superimpose the faces of students on child pornography, which he then sent to others. Jeffrey Schmutzler was arrested at his Fayetteville, Pa.,...
Tags: Trials, Crimes, Court Preliminary, Teaching and Learning, Television Industry
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U.S. District Court briefs
Two Martinsburg residents get prison on drug charges MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Two Martinsburg residents were sentenced last week by Judge Gina M. Groh in U.S. District Court in Martinsburg, according to U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II. Rebecca...Tags: Judges, Cocaine, Trials, Justice System, Court Preliminary
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Murder counts dropped against men in shooting in Berkeley County
matthewu@herald-mail.comBerkeley County Prosecuting Attorney Pamela Games-Neely confirmed Friday that she decided not to appeal a circuit judge’s decision to dismiss felony murder charges against two men in a 2008 club shooting near Martinsburg. Games-Neely said she...Tags: Criminal Laws, Laws, Trials, Criminals, Theft
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Berkeley County budget wish list includes paid firefighters
matthewu@herald-mail.comBerkeley County’s budget plan for the next fiscal year tentatively includes the addition of three paid firefighters and four full-time laborers for capital improvement projects. One firefighter would be assigned to work at Back Creek Valley...Tags: Prosecution, Local Elections, Justice System, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice
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Three to appear on ballot for open Pa. judge position
Three Franklin County, Pa., attorneys will appear on ballots this year as they seek to become the 39th Judicial District’s newest judge in the Court of Common Pleas. A vacancy on the bench was created with the retirement of Richard J. Walsh....Tags: Judges, Local Elections, Voting, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Primaries
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