Criminal Justice

Young Lee's attorney and other advocates believe that victims of crime deserve to be treated better in Maryland.

Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge James Bonifant said he’d issue a ruling at 3 p.m. Friday on the request from the Maryland State Board of Elections.

Becky Feldman says over the past 18 months her unit has freed more than 40 people serving life sentences.

A small group of men gathered across the street from the courthouse Monday and shared memories of Adnan Syed, whom they shared time with in prison.

Baltimore Judge Melissa Phinn throws out Syed’s conviction in light of new evidence that someone else could have strangled Hae Min Lee, as well as the fact that exculpatory information was not disclosed.

The Baltimore Police Department is redrawing its districts for the first time in 70 years. That could change how resources are deployed.

The series tapped into the cultural zeitgeist to a degree unprecedented for a podcast, spawning "Saturday Night Live" parodies and a true crime phenomenon that continues to this day.

Syed, now 41, is scheduled to appear at 2 p.m. on Monday before Baltimore Circuit Judge Melissa Phinn.

Attorneys are asking the judge to set Syed free while they continue to investigate the killing of Hae Min Lee.

The Baltimore Police Department attributed the slower investigations to ‘rapid staffing turnover’ in its Public Integrity Bureau.

That police have reopened the investigation further validates the work by defense attorneys, activists and fans who have claimed over the years that Adnan Syed is innocent.­

The trial had been set to kick off with jury selection Thursday, but a judge on Wednesday agreed the prosecution needed additional preparation time following recent defense disclosures.

Judge agrees with the government that recent defense disclosures required additional preparation time.

Syed was found guilty of first-degree murder, robbery, kidnapping and false imprisonment in the killing of his ex-girlfriend and classmate at Woodlawn High School, Hae Min Lee.

After an initial plea deal was thrown out by a judge, Luther Trent pleads guilty to attempted murder and arson.

Officials with the Cecil County Sheriff’s Office say Marcus Milligan killed his wife and three children, then himself.

An unnamed man had called 911 on Friday morning from the Elk Mills home to report that a woman and three children had been shot and were dead, the sheriff’s office said. A handgun was found near the father's body.

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Police said there was no threat to the public.

As the youngest of four children, “he was my little baby,” she said.