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Letters to the Editor - May 19
No right to speed through school zones To the editor: I am surprised at how many people think they have a constitutional right to speed through school zones. In the few last weeks, several writers have voiced their displeasure at having to pay...Tags: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Maryland Department of Transportation, Justice System
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Philadelphia abortion doctor gets third life sentence
Associated PressA Philadelphia doctor was sentenced Wednesday to a third life term for killing an aborted baby that he described as so big it could “walk to the bus.” Dr. Kermit Gosnell was convicted this week of first-degree murder in the deaths of three...Tags: Lawyers, Laws, Justice System, Prescription Drugs, Hospitals and Clinics
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Parrott speaks to Tea Party about Annapolis session, death penalty petition drive
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comHagerstown Tea Party supporters gathered at the Beaver Creek Country Club on Thursday night to hear Del. Neil C. Parrott, R-Washington, talk about the recently concluded session of the Maryland General Assembly and a drive to collect petitions to...Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Maryland General Assembly, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Death Penalty
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Hagerstown man sentenced in assault case
dona@herald-mail.comA Hagerstown man was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay more than $30,000 in restitution after pleading guilty Thursday in Washington County Circuit Court to assaulting another man. Matthew Edward West, 40, of 121 Southern Oak Drive,...Tags: Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Prisons, Broken Nose
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Hagerstown woman sentenced for drug distribution, neglect of minor
A Hagerstown woman was sentenced this week in Washington County Circuit Court to six years in prison — three for distribution of cocaine and three more for neglect of a minor, according to court records. Kelly Lynn Cruz, 38, formerly of 139 High...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Cocaine, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Judges
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Mail Call - May 10
“As a Department of Public Safety retiree after 30 years, this repeal of the death penalty has far-reaching opportunities for criminals. People don’t realize that in prison, if you’ve killed a policeman or anybody associated with law...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Prisons
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Mail Call - May 14
“Thank you to the nice woman who planted such wonderful flowers in front of the old library in downtown Boonsboro. We appreciate you, and your care for our community.” — Boonsboro “I see that Professor Powell wrote a hit piece...Tags: Politics, Government, Benghazi, Death Penalty, Michael Bloomberg
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Mail Call - May 15
“People wonder what’s wrong with Washington. Well, it’s the people themselves, that re-elect people like this former governor from South Carolina, who cheated and lied to his wife, and also lied to the people, by thinking he was above...Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Prosecution, Abusive Behavior
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Trial set for man charged with conspiracy in Martinsburg bar fight
matthewu@herald-mail.comThe trial for a man charged in a February 2011 bar fight in Martinsburg that left a man with severe injuries was set Monday for Aug. 27 in Berkeley County Circuit Court. Benjamin Jason Bean, 37, who was indicted on one count of conspiracy in October...Tags: Skull Fracture, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Trials, Prosecution
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Ohio prosecutor might seek execution in captive case
Prosecutors said Thursday they may seek the death penalty against Ariel Castro, the man accused of imprisoning three women at his home for a decade, as police charged that he impregnated one of his captives at least five times and then starved her and...
Tags: Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Sex Crimes, Justice System, Death Penalty
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If at first you don't succeed, work on your execution
Like me, Del. Neil Parrott seems to believe that any publicity is good publicity. So OK, I’ll bite. Building on his tremendous success in the November election, Petitioner Parrott is having a go at the state’s newly enacted law banning the...Tags: Politics, Death Penalty, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Same-Sex Marriage
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Md. General Assembly session reviewed
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comWashington County state lawmakers gathered Thursday night at a public forum to discuss the recently concluded session of the Maryland General Assembly and answer questions from the public. About 60 people showed up Thursday evening at the Hagerstown...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Politics, Justice System, Personal Weapon Control, Interior Policy
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