Sarah Koenig

Steele defends Ehrlich's charter school proposal at a Senate panel hearing

June 29, 2019 at 10:03 a.m.

In his debut committee performance testifying on behalf of the administration, Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele defended the governor's charter school plan yesterday, arguing that it would rescue low-income students...

Ehrlich unveils bill to toughen felony gun possession sentences

June 30, 2019 at 6:27 a.m.

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. took a step yesterday toward fulfilling his campaign promise to make life dismal for "bad guys with guns," spelling out legislation that would stiffen sentences...

Attorney general calls for abolition of Md. death penalty

May 30, 2019 at 8:44 p.m.

Flanked by lawmakers and religious leaders, Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr. called yesterday for abolishing Maryland's death penalty for fear that the state will one day kill an innocent...

First step is OK'd in new look at executions

May 30, 2019 at 8:44 p.m.

Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. instructed his lieutenant governor yesterday to interview prosecutors, defense attorneys and others involved in the state's death penalty as a first step to deciding whether...

Lt. governor to seek study of capital punishment

May 30, 2019 at 8:44 p.m.

Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele says he will push for another study of the state's use of capital punishment to try to find out why blacks who kill whites disproportionately...

Schools' beg-a-thon develops into love-in for new governor

July 1, 2019 at 6:12 p.m.

Forget "beg-a-thon." The catchphrase of the day was far more akin to "love-in." Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s wife, Kendel, brought brownies to Comptroller William Donald Schaefer at the Board...

Balto. Co. judge agrees to execution of Oken

May 30, 2019 at 8:44 p.m.

A Baltimore County judge paved the way yesterday for Maryland's first execution in nearly five years when he agreed to sign a death warrant for convicted murderer Steven H. Oken....

Death penalty study is reviewed

May 30, 2019 at 8:44 p.m.

A 2 1/2 -year study of Maryland's use of the death penalty entered the political galaxy of Annapolis yesterday, where lawmakers quickly spun it to their own purposes. The study,...

Racial factor found in Md. capital cases

May 30, 2019 at 8:44 p.m.

Defendants who kill white people in Maryland are significantly more likely to be charged with capital murder and sentenced to death than are killers of nonwhites, according to a comprehensive...

Gubernatorial campaigns work in sniper issues

August 21, 2019 at 8:54 p.m.

Now that two suspects in the sniper case are in custody, Maryland's gubernatorial candidates have quit tiptoeing around the crisis and are quickly trying to mold it to their respective...

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