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Grand jury indicts seven on gun and drug charges
Seven people were named in three indictments returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Martinsburg last week, according to U.S. Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld II. Christopher Wayne Williams, 39, of Mill Creek, W.Va., was named in a two-count...
Tags: Heroin, Punishment, Justice System, Prosecution, OxyContin (drug)
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Mail Call - March 26
“Just for the information of your readers, the new pontiff, Francis, took the name after the patron saint of animals, St. Francis of Assisi.” — Hagerstown “This is to all the conservatives who keep making the argument that more...Tags: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Politics, Christianity, Executive Branch, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Judge needs more information before sentencing W.Va. mother in death of infant
matthewu@herald-mail.comA circuit judge said Wednesday he needed more information before sentencing a woman who pleaded no contest in September 2012 to child neglect resulting in the death of her 2-month-old son, Jaxon. Twenty-third Judicial Circuit Judge Gray Silver III...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Court Preliminary, Defendants, Justice System, Punishment
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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: Punishment, Politics, Death Penalty, Lawyers, Prosecution
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Area residents differ on decriminalizing marijuana
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comTeddy Williams of Hagerstown described the measure to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana in Maryland as a “pretty sensible idea.” “I think a lot of money is being wasted on policing people who really haven’t hurt anybody,...Tags: Arthritis, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Medical Marijuana Therapy, Environmental Issues, Ocean City
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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: Justice System, Lawyers, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Trials
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W.Va. delegate fighting to reinstate death penalty
With neighboring Maryland about to become the sixth state in as many years to abolish the death penalty, one West Virginia delegate is on a quixotic quest to resume executions in his state for the first time in a half-century. This year marks the 27th...
Tags: Punishment, Justice System, Death Penalty, FBI, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
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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: Punishment, Justice System, Lawyers, Prosecution, Trials
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Man files wrongful termination suit against W.Va. Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority
A former Eastern Regional Jail administrator claims in a lawsuit that he was fired two years ago because he blew the whistle on possible crimes by correctional officers. Lewis W. Barlow of Winchester, Va., filed a wrongful termination lawsuit Jan. 18...
Tags: Human Interest, Justice System, Sex Crimes, Trials, Health Treatments
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Official: Stuck elevator did not hinder efforts to revive MCI inmate
janeth@herald-mail.comAn ambulance crew continued to give CPR to an inmate in the Maryland Correctional Institution-Hagerstown last Thursday while they were stuck in an elevator at the prison for — at most — 5 to 7 minutes, the ambulance company chief said Tuesday....Tags: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Heart Attack, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Montgomery County (Maryland), Emergency Health Procedures
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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: Court Preliminary, Punishment, Justice System, Lawyers, Trials
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Md. Senate backs fine, but no jail time, for small amounts of pot
Associated PressThe Maryland Senate voted 30-16 on Tuesday to decriminalize the possession of less than 10 grams of marijuana, but the bill sponsor conceded the measure faces an uphill fight in the House of Delegates. “We have a challenge over on the other side...Tags: Justice System, U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, Crime, Law and Justice
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