‘I am innocent’
ATLANTA - Ravens star running back Jamal Lewis pleaded not guilty yesterday to federal charges that he helped arrange a major cocaine deal for a hometown friend weeks before signing...
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Oken appeals death sentence again in '87 case
Lawyers for one of Maryland's most notorious death row inmates were once again before the Court of Appeals yesterday, this time arguing that a Baltimore County judge used an unconstitutional...
Sentence in killings raises racial concerns anew
When Maryland Sen. Lisa A. Gladden, a Baltimore Democrat, heard about the sentencing decision in Douglas A. Starliper's Baltimore County murder trial, she was incensed. To her, the result fit...
4 feet, but in snowy Garrett, who's counting?
Garrett County residents took the weekend's storm in stride - despite what is believed to be a record-setting 4 feet of snow. State highway officials, who for years have measured...
Md. court delays execution of Oken
The state's highest court postponed yesterday the execution of Steven H. Oken, saying it wants time to hear arguments on one of the death row inmate's recent appeals. Oken, 41,...
Lawyers seek halt to Oken execution
Lawyers for convicted murderer Steven H. Oken have asked the state's highest court to halt their client's execution so a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge can examine whether, in light...
City needs state police, Fulton tells lawmakers
Blasting the mayor and city police, Del. Tony E. Fulton told lawmakers yesterday that policies aimed at reducing crime in Baltimore are a failure and that state police and perhaps...
First step is OK'd in new look at executions
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...
Balto. Co. judge agrees to execution of Oken
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....
Tenacious defender represents Muhammad
James Wyda's message outside the federal courthouse in Greenbelt on Monday was a lonely one. In a region still raw from the sniper shootings that are blamed on his client,...