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Hagerstown man sentenced to three years probation in plea agreement in 2012 shooting
cj.lovelace@herald-mail.comA Hagerstown man entered a written guilty plea Monday in Washington County Circuit Court to a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment as part of a plea agreement related to the case against another man in a 2012 shooting incident. Giancarlos Badia,...Tags: Court Preliminary, Judges, Punishment, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Justice System
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Colo. prosecutors to seek death penalty for man charged in theater shootings
Associated PressProsecutors on Monday said they will seek the death penalty against the man accused in last year’s movie theater attack that killed 12, injured 70 and spurred new gun control laws in Colorado. The much-anticipated disclosure came in a court hearing...Tags: University of Denver, Colorado Legislature, Prosecution, Sandy Hook Elementary School, Politics
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Judge takes stand in Pa. man's retrial bid
waynesboro@herald-mail.comA Court of Common Pleas judge shifted roles and took the witness stand Thursday as a man convicted of first-degree murder continued his quest for a new trial. Judge Angela Krom, who was subpoenaed, testified about her previous role as an assistant...Tags: Judges, Litigation, Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Justice System, Prosecution
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Prosecutors not ready to agree to Holmes plea
Prosecutors in the Colorado theater shooting on Thursday rejected an offer from suspect James Holmes to plead guilty in exchange for avoiding the death penalty and accused defense lawyers of a serious breach of court rules by making the offer public. In...
Tags: Murder, Prosecution, Trials, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting, Court Preliminary
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Skeptical Supreme Court might strike down Defense of Marriage Act
Concluding two days of intense debate, the Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it could give a boost to same-sex marriage by striking down the federal law that denies legally married gay spouses a wide range of benefits offered to other couples. As the...
Tags: Minority Groups, Antonin Scalia, Laws, U.S. House of Representatives, Marriage
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Colo. theater shooting suspect offers guilty plea
Lawyers for Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes said Wednesday he would plead guilty and serve the rest of his life in prison to avoid the death penalty. The offer sets up a possible end to the case if prosecutors agree to a plea deal. They&...
Tags: Psychiatry, Prosecution, Trials, Arts and Culture, Colorado Movie Theater Shooting
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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, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Cost, Career and Workplace, Barack Obama
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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: Government, Prosecution, Politics, Anthony G. Brown, Death Penalty
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Hagerstown man gets prison time in fatal motorcycle crash
matthewu@herald-mail.comA Hagerstown man was sentenced Thursday in Berkeley County Circuit Court to at least one year in prison after he pleaded guilty to fleeing the scene of a fatal motorcycle crash in April 2011. Steven Edward Thompson, 47, was fined $500 by 23rd Judicial...Tags: Drunk Driving, Misdemeanors, Defendants, Prosecution, Bars and Clubs
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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: Loyola University Maryland, John F. Kennedy, Judges, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), 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: Entertainment Events, Abusive Behavior, Entertainment, Prosecution, Heroism
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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: Judges, Litigation, Punishment, U.S. Supreme Court, Justice System
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