Blackwell’s abuse trial postponed for 6th time
The sexual child abuse trial of recently defrocked Baltimore priest Maurice Blackwell was postponed for the sixth time yesterday after his defense attorney and the prosecutor told the judge that...
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Judge says no conflict found for 2 lawyers in children’s slaying case
The murder trial of two men accused of slitting the throats of three of their young relatives in Northwest Baltimore likely won't begin until this spring, but a judge determined...
Another weapon in war on witnesses
Just before 2 a.m. on Jan. 15, four men cloaked in ski masks and dark clothing kick in the front door of an apartment in Hampden. Two point revolvers at...
Questions could delay trial of two charged with killings of 3 children
The trial next month of two men accused of slashing the throats of three Mexican children may be delayed as city prosecutors question whether the men's attorneys are working too...
Lawyers for men accused of killing 3 children criticize prosecution
Defense attorneys for two young men charged in the gruesome killings of three children criticized prosecutors after a hearing yesterday, saying that they haven't been able to view much of...
Men charged in killing of 3 children won’t face death, their attorneys say
Two Mexican immigrants accused of killing three children in Northwest Baltimore in May will not face the death penalty, according to defense lawyers who said they were told that by...
‘Don’t drink the water’
Until Memorial Day weekend, Pat and Carl Morgan had no idea what methyl tertiary butyl ether, better known as MTBE, was. But that Friday, May 28, Pat Morgan was closing...
In 9 minutes, witnesses watch death take hold
The window, with a curtain drawn behind it, became a mirror. In its reflection: witnesses to an execution. The condemned man's lawyers, Fred Warren Bennett and Michael E. Lawlor, sat...
Oken letter assailed Ehrlich on execution
Eight days before his execution, Steven H. Oken wrote a sharply worded letter to Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. questioning the governor's political courage and asserting that by killing him...
Md. puts Oken to death
After a furious legal battle that ended only in his final hour, Steven Howard Oken wrote a letter expressing remorse, smiled with a priest and submitted to his death by...