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Criminal Justice

    Judge overseeing Baltimore’s consent decree called police over squeegee incident
    The incident comes two months after Judge James Bredar was discussing the city’s tactics when it comes to policing squeegee work at a federal consent decree hearing.
    7/8/22—A Baltimore Police officer’s car is parked on the corner of E Lombard St. & President St.
    Federal judge throws out civil lawsuit of Baltimore man exonerated of murder citing fraud
    Judge finds Jerome Johnson fabricated evidence and influenced a witness in case that freed him after serving 30 years.
    Breaking News alert
    Baltimore teenagers are being shot at an alarming rate this year
    Most of the 71 shooting victims are 16- and 17-year-old males. And nearly all of the victims are Black.
    Black boy looks at phone, vacant houses and gun in background
    Baltimore County and state offer $100,000 settlement to woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted, rights violated
    The payout would settle a lawsuit filed by a former Towson University student who said the Baltimore County state's attorney office and Baltimore County police violated constitutional rights after she reported she was sexually assaulted by three ex-baseball players at University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
    6/16/22—A Baltimore County Police Officer’s polo patch.
    What is touch DNA and how did it play a role in the case of Adnan Syed of ‘Serial’?
    The Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office on Tuesday dropped the criminal case, citing the results of new DNA testing.
    Baltimore judge Melissa Phinn threw out Adnan Syed's murder conviction in light of new evidence that someone else could have strangled Hae Min Lee, ordered the release of  Syed.
    Facing retrial, Virginia man pleads guilty to shooting South Baltimore bartender Alex Wroblewski
    A Virginia man pleaded guilty Thursday before his retrial to fatally shooting the popular South Baltimore bartender Alex Wroblewski in Locust Point five years ago.
    A Virginia man pleaded guilty Thursday before his retrial to fatally shooting popular South Baltimore bartender Alex Wroblewski in Locust Point almost five years ago.
    Court gives family of Hae Min Lee chance to argue why their appeal should not be dismissed in case of Adnan Syed
    Attorneys for the family of Hae Min Lee have 15 days to submit arguments for why the courts should not dismiss their appeal of an order last month that released Adnan Syed from prison.
    Center, Adnan Syed is escorted out of the courthouse after Baltimore J
udge Melissa Phinn threw out Adnan Syed's murder conviction in light of new evidence that someone else could have strangled Hae Min Lee, ordered the release of  Syed.
    Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office abruptly drops case against Adnan Syed of ‘Serial,’ citing DNA of others on victim’s shoes
    Baltimore prosecutors said newly performed DNA tests on the shoes of the murdered Hae Min Lee found a mixture of DNA from multiple people — none of them Adnan Syed.
    State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby will announce an update in the Adnan Syed case, including her decision to drop the charges against him
    How the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office’s approach to prosecuting police misconduct can play out in the courtroom
    Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby has stated that prosecutors do not decide guilt or innocence but leave it up to a judge or jury to make that determination.
    Marilyn Mosby, police body camera and list of charges against police officer
    Authorities investigate death of man detained at Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center
    The man, whose identity hasn’t been released, had been held at the facility since July 1.
    Maryland AG probes death of teen driver who was being followed by city police; man wounded in shooting at Morgan State homecoming party
    Police said a 17-year-old driver drove through an intersection and collided with multiple vehicles after a traffic stop Saturday evening.
    A Baltimore City Police car sits parked on North Calvert St.
    More legal jockeying in Adnan Syed case: Maryland attorney general sides with victim’s family
    The attorney for the family of Hae Min Lee had notified the courts of their plan to appeal the judge’s order to throw out the murder conviction against Syed.
    Baltimore judge Melissa Phinn threw out Adnan Syed's murder conviction in light of new evidence that someone else could have strangled Hae Min Lee, ordered the release of  Syed.
    Maryland voters will have a choice about forgiving marijuana crimes
    If the November referendum, also known as Question 4, passes, anyone currently being held in a state prison or local detention center on a simple possession conviction can file a motion requesting release next year.
    A demonstrator waves a flag with marijuana leaves depicted on it outside of the White House on April 2, 2016, in Washington. Maryland voters will have the choice to forgive marijuana crimes on November's ballot.
    Maryland Gov. Hogan may be called to testify in his ex-chief of staff’s criminal trial
    Trial for Roy McGrath is scheduled to begin Oct. 24
    Photo by Pamela Wood/The Baltimore Banner -- Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, speaks at a bill-signing event in the Governor's Reception Room at the State House in Annapolis on March 18, 2022.
    Prosecutors drop case against former Morgan State University student accused of shooting classmate in 2021
    Marcellus Walls, 19, of Washington, D.C., had been facing charges of attempted first- and second-degree murder, using a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence, reckless endangerment and related offenses.
    Morgan State University is moving forward with plans to create the nation’s fourth medical school to be affiliated with an HBCU.
    Baltimore City Council approves police redistricting plan, finalizing first realignment in over 60 years
    The new map has drawn scrutiny over its implications for community policing, but official's say the revised districts will help to balance the law enforcement workload.
    A Baltimore Police car and crime scene tape remains on the scene after a vehicle exploded inside a five-story parking garage in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood on 7/27/22.  Two people are being treated for injuries, fire officials said Wednesday afternoon.
    Opinion: Hae Min Lee’s family deserves justice, not a distraction from Marilyn Mosby’s legal woes
    A court hearing on September 19, 2022 ended with the overturn of the conviction of prisoner Adnan Syed, who case was chronicled in the hit podcast ‘Serial’. Syed served more than twenty years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 1999.
    Opinion: Adnan Syed’s case exposes the biases many face in the criminal justice system
    Baltimore judge Melissa Phinn threw out Adnan Syed's murder conviction in light of new evidence that someone else could have strangled Hae Min Lee, ordered the release of  Syed.
    ‘It means everything:’ How the Juvenile Restoration Act has provided a second chance for people sentenced as children to prison in Maryland
    The Juvenile Restoration Act allows people who have served at least 20 years in prison for crimes they committed as children to file a motion for reduction of sentence.
    In 1993, Anthony Fair was 15 and involved in a drug organization when he shot and killed Rodney Ross, 17, and William Fortune, 38, in Sandtown-Winchester. He served more than 29 years. A Baltimore judge recently reduced his sentence to life in prison with all but time-served suspended, clearing the way for his release. He came home on Sept. 20.
    Opinion: Marilyn Mosby should be praised for her commitment to correcting Adnan Syed’s case and other injustices
    A court hearing on September 19, 2022 ended with the overturn of the conviction of prisoner Adnan Syed, who case was chronicled in the hit podcast ‘Serial’. Syed served more than twenty years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, in 1999.
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