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Victim's family backs 'cyber-bullying' bill
The family of a Howard County girl who killed herself after months of harassment on social media sites asked Maryland lawmakers Thursday to pass a bill that would allow a jail term for a variety of acts known as "cyber-bullying." Chris McComas, whose...
Tags: Justice System, University of Baltimore, U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice, American Civil Liberties Union
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Child sex abuse lawsuit window should be opened
Over the years, I have heard and told the stories of numerous men and women who were molested as children. I wrote about one of them earlier this year, a 37-year-old survivor of a kidnapping and years of abuse. Unable to seek justice because his statute...
Tags: Thomas R. Caltagirone, Laws, Voting, Human Interest, Abusive Behavior
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Gun rights supporters again flock to Annapolis
Hundreds of pro-gun activists again swarmed Annapolis on Tuesday in hopes of turning the tide against gun control. Polls show that banning assault weapons and requiring a license to buy a handgun have broad support among Marylanders, but gun rights...
Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Assault, Allegany County, Crime, Law and Justice, Government
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Our voice: Simple majority should win day
One of the items being discussed this year in the South Dakota Legislature is Senate Joint Resolution 2. The resolution seeks a constitutional amendment that would make it harder to increase taxes through ballot initiatives. Tax-increasing and tax-...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Voting, Crime, Law and Justice, South Dakota Legislature
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Committee defeats bill increasing hunter trespassing penalties
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota is known for its hunting, but during hunting seasons, some landowners say they see many people trespassing on their personal property. Senate Bill 183 sought to increase penalties for people caught trespassing while hunting....
Tags: Justice System, Hunting, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges
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Higher majority vote on taxes considered
PIERRE — Legislators quarreled Monday about whether new taxes, tax increases and tax extensions should all require a two-thirds majority, whether enacted by the Legislature or through a ballot measure. The state House of Representatives will...Tags: Justice System, Voting, U.S. Senate, Crime, Law and Justice, Charlie Hoffman
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SD watershed group allowed to stay in force
Silence said it all today: Without any discussion, a panel of state senators dismissed an attempt to put the Legislature’s Executive Board in direct charge of South Dakota’s watershed task force and to make participating groups pay half the...Tags: Justice System, Politics, U.S. Senate, Crime, Law and Justice
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Undocumented immigrants being released from Deerfield detention center in advance of sequester
Agustín Morales walked out of the Broward Transitional Center in Deerfield Beach on Tuesday, one of the scores of undocumented immigrants being released from South Florida detention facilties this week by federal officials who say they can no longer...
Tags: Barack Obama, Budget Control Act of 2011, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Abusive Behavior, Extradition
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Local Boy Scouts gathering opinions on gay ban
bruces@dailyamerican.comThe Laurel Highlands Council of the Boy Scouts of America has asked volunteers to consider the possibility of allowing open gays to join. Gay-rights groups have been pressuring the national executive board to overturn its ban on homosexual members. Mike...Tags: Laurel, Roman Catholicism, Crime, Law and Justice, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Gays and Lesbians
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Lawmakers will push for DNA collection changes
The Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland is pushing legislation to close what it describes as loopholes in state law that allow police to keep DNA samples from people never convicted of crimes. Del. Jill P. Carter, a Baltimore Democrat, said Friday she...
Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Parties and Movements, Chemical Industry, Criminals
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House blocks attempt to put legislators on Judicial Qualifications Commission
PIERRE — Sixty-five of the 70 House members made clear they don’t want legislators to have a role in disciplinary matters involving circuit court judges and Supreme Court justices, or to help screen applicants and make nominations to the...Tags: Justice System, Politics, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Regional Authority
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Drainage fights take different shape
PIERRE - Other lawmakers and many citizens scratched their heads two weekends ago over a surprise move in the 2013 session. Why would one of the top members of the Legislature, who is chairman of South Dakota's watershed task force, suddenly want to...Tags: Politics, Tom Hansen, Local Elections, Conservation, Environmental Issues
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Feb 27, 2013
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Mar 1, 2013
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