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O'Malley signs death penalty repeal
Surrounded by religious leaders, civil rights activists and others who have fought for years to stop executions in Maryland, Gov. Martin O'Malley signed legislation Thursday repealing the state's death penalty. Unless the law is overturned in a...
Tags: Lawyers, Death Penalty, Referenda, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections
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With session over, it's fundraising season
With the season for legislating over in Maryland as of last Monday, the season for raising cash for campaigns has begun. For the next nine months, until the General Assembly convenes in Annapolis Jan. 8, candidates for the legislature, governorship and...
Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Douglas F. Gansler, Harford County, Interior Policy, Elections
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Senate panel approves death penalty repeal, altered gun bill
The General Assembly took an important step toward repealing Maryland's death penalty Thursday night when a key committee, for the first time in decades, approved a bill to end capital punishment. The Senate Judicial Proceedings committee voted 6-5 to...
Tags: Nancy Jacobs, Joseph M Getty, Death Penalty, Robert A. Zirkin, Crime, Law and Justice
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Frederick senator says he'll vote for death penalty repeal
Proponents of repeal of the death penalty have picked up a potentially pivotal vote in the Senate with the decision of Sen. Ronald N. Young of Frederick County to support an end to executions in Maryland. In an interview last night, the previously...Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Death Penalty, Thomas V. Mike Miller, Regional Authority, Elections
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O'Malley to lead death penalty repeal bid
Gov. Martin O'Malley will announce Tuesday that he will make an all-out push for repeal of the death penalty in Maryland, renewing an effort that narrowly fell short four years ago. The governor is scheduled to appear at a noon news conference in...
Tags: Lawyers, Death Penalty, Polls, Crime, Law and Justice, Thomas V. Mike Miller
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Marylanders strongly support gun control proposals, poll finds
A new poll shows Marylanders strongly support two gun control measures that Gov. Martin O'Malley has suggested he might ask the General Assembly to pass in the wake of last month's elementary school massacre in Connecticut. On another measure the...
Tags: Death Penalty, Elections, Interior Policy, Annapolis, Gun Control
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Senate committee switch could spring wind bill
UPDATE: An earlier version of this article described the two senators as opponents of death penalty repeal. They are both considered proponents of repeal. A change in the membership of a key Maryland Senate committee could hand Gov. Martin O'Malley a...Tags: Death Penalty, Benjamin L. Cardin, The Washington Post, Renewable Energy, Prince George's County
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Local lawmakers willing to talk about O'Malley plan to halt mass shootings
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comWashington County’s state legislators reacted cautiously Wednesday to Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposal to introduce legislation to try to prevent mass shootings but signaled an openness to having conversations about the issue. O’...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, Mental Illness, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority, Interior Policy
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NAACP to step up Maryland death penalty fight
The NAACP is vowing to mount in Annapolis its largest-ever effort to abolish the death penalty in a state, saying Maryland's historic role in the civil rights movement makes it an appropriate place for the push. In an interview, NAACP President Ben...Tags: Death Penalty, Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Prince George's County, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections
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A better voter ID law
Columnist Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. is right about one thing. Voting is the "most sacred right possessed by an American citizen." ("Facts and opinions from the campaign," Sept. 9.) However, the voter ID laws that he and his Republican colleagues support...Tags: Robert L. Ehrlich Jr., Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Democratic Party
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Md. legislation targets employer bias against unemployed
Many long-term unemployed have discovered an ugly truth: You need a job to get one. Jobless workers across the country have recounted tales of being written off by a prospective employer if they have been out of work for six months or more. And some...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Markets, Employment Opportunities, Discrimination, Unemployment
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Senate panel hears bill to end death penalty
A passionate group of advocates — including NAACP President Benjamin Jealous and an innocent man who was on Maryland's death row for two years — came to Annapolis Wednesday to argue against the state's death penalty. "For this state to...Tags: Death Penalty, Biotechnology Industry, Victor R. Ramirez, Prince George's County, Chemical Industry
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