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Freddie Gray case: Maryland high court says Officer Porter must testify against all five co-defendants

June 28, 2019 at 9:05 p.m.

Maryland's highest court ruled in favor of prosecutors in the Freddie Gray cases Tuesday, ordering that Baltimore police Officer William G. Porter can be compelled to testify against his five...

Maryland’s highest court hears arguments over Porter testimony in Freddie Gray cases

July 1, 2019 at 3:14 a.m.

The state's highest court convened Thursday to consider a key question holding up trials in the Freddie Gray case: Can Officer William Porter be forced to testify against his fellow...

Baltimore police officer William Porter, center, and his lawyer Joseph Murtha, left, arrive at the Robert C. Murphy Courts of Appeal for his appeal hearing.

Freddie Gray case shifts to state’s highest court Thursday

June 28, 2019 at 6:40 p.m.

Even before any verdicts have been reached, the Freddie Gray case has ended up in the state's highest court, where prosecutors and defense attorneys will spar Thursday. The central issue...

Nathan Barksdale, partial inspiration for ‘The Wire’ character Avon, dies in federal prison

June 20, 2019 at 3:17 a.m.

Nathan Barksdale, the former Baltimore gangster who inspired characters in "The Wire," died in a federal medical prison in North Carolina on Saturday. He was 54. Barksdale, who went by...

Barksdale, inspiration behind characters on ‘The Wire,’ dies in federal prison

June 28, 2019 at 8:22 p.m.

Nathan Barksdale, the former Baltimore gangster who inspired characters in "The Wire," died in a federal medical prison in North Carolina on Saturday. He was 54. Barksdale, who went by...

‘Serial’ case: Adnan Syed hearing wraps up

June 30, 2019 at 3:06 p.m.

Adnan Syed, the subject of the popular podcast "Serial," had his day in court — five of them, to be exact. Now, it's up to a judge to determine whether...

Adnan Syed's mother, Shamim Rahman, left, and her son Yusuf Syed, right, chat with family and friends near the courthouse in the early evening after the conclusion of the second day of the Adnan Syed hearing in 2016.

‘Serial’ case: Adnan Syed hearing expected to wrap up Tuesday

June 30, 2019 at 7:07 a.m.

Defense attorneys for Adnan Syed, the convicted murderer whose case was re-examined in the popular "Serial" podcast, and the Maryland attorney general's office rested their cases Monday in a hearing...

Adnan Syed hearing: Legal expert says failure to call alibi witness ‘changed the ballgame’s result’

June 28, 2019 at 11:21 p.m.

A veteran Baltimore defense attorney testified Friday that a potential alibi witness for Adnan Syed was "powerfully credible" and "would've made an incredible difference in the outcome of the case."...

Testimony turns away from alibi witness to cellphone tower data in Adnan Syed hearing

June 30, 2019 at 10:19 a.m.

A woman who says she can offer an alibi for Adnan Syed, the convicted murderer whose case was the focus of the popular "Serial" podcast, brushed off suggestions Thursday from...

‘Serial’ subject Adnan Syed has day in court, makes case for new trial

August 18, 2019 at 1:41 p.m.

For more than a decade, Asia McClain was confident that she had seen Adnan Syed at a Woodlawn library during the time when prosecutors said he had killed his former...

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