Oken appeals on lethal injection denied
Two of convicted killer Steven Oken's legal efforts to halt his execution were rejected yesterday by a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge. Judge John G. Turnbull II, who in April...
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Oken seeks stay in execution
Convicted killer Steven Oken asked the state's highest court yesterday to halt his execution to allow him to challenge the constitutionality of Maryland's lethal injection process for putting a person...
One account of 3 killings, but no motive
One of two Mexican immigrants charged with killing three children in their Northwest Baltimore apartment told police that he sat in his car while the younger suspect was inside the...
Prayer vigil to be held in wake of shooting at Randallstown High
One Randallstown High School parent wants to use the school parking lot, the site of a quadruple shooting, as the site of a prayer vigil tonight. Eleanora Franklin, whose son...
2 shooting suspects held without bail
The man accused of driving the getaway car in the shootings that left four Randallstown students injured was denied bail yesterday, while another man accused of firing shots waived his...
Third, fourth suspects are arrested
As Randallstown High School students returned to class yesterday for the first time since gunfire left four of their classmates wounded, police arrested the final two suspects and found a...
How BWI’s ‘Big Papa’ took down the inferno
Five firefighters from Baltimore-Washington International Airport hopped onto a ladder truck and headed to what they thought was a routine house fire in Anne Arundel County. Then the dispatchers revised...
Muhammad sniper trial goes to jury
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Describing John Allen Muhammad as a diabolical and mind- controlling killer, prosecutors told jurors yesterday that the sniper suspect turned a beat-up Chevrolet Caprice into a...
Two experienced attorneys battle for Muhammad’s life
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Jonathan Shapiro says he hesitated last November to accept his friend and fellow Virginia defense attorney Peter D. Greenspun's offer to serve as co-counsel for sniper...
Sniper suspect’s defense team set
MANASSAS, Va. -- A Prince William County Circuit Court judge appointed a second attorney Wednesday to defend sniper suspect John Allen Muhammad, giving him two seasoned lawyers with experience in...