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Baltimore judge Melissa Phinn threw out Adnan Syed's murder conviction in light of new evidence that someone else could have strangled Hae Min Lee, ordered the release of  Syed.
In new pleading, public defenders ask Maryland Supreme Court to keep Adnan Syed free
The defense team for Adnan Syed submitted legal arguments to Maryland’s highest court Wednesday, asking the justices to reverse an appellate decision that reinstated his murder conviction in the killing of Hae Min Lee.
Roy McGrath speaks during a coronavirus press conference at the Maryland State House on April 15, 2020. McGrath, who eventually became Gov. Larry Hogan's chief of staff, is facing state and federal criminal charges related to a "severance" payment he received from the Maryland Environmental Service when he left to join Hogan's office.
Fugitive Maryland official Roy McGrath shot simultaneously by self, FBI, prosecutor finds
McGrath, the former top aide to Gov. Larry Hogan, skipped his federal fraud trial in Baltimore and evaded authorities for weeks before FBI agents tracked his car to a Costco Wholesale store outside Knoxville, Tennessee.
Courtesy: Dark Seas Project
Capsized sailboat confirmed as racing yacht of missing Baltimore sailor Donald Lawson
The U.S. Coast Guard has rerouted its Cutter ACTIVE to join rescue operations off Mexico’s Pacific Coast.
Donald Lawson. Courtesy: Dark Seas Project
As Mexican Navy spots a capsized boat, wife of missing Baltimore sailor holds out hope
A Mexican search plane spotted a racing yacht believed to belong to the missing Baltimore sailor Donald Lawson 275 nautical miles off the coast of Acapulco.
Victoria Lawson, right, stands with her brother Donald Lawson’s wife, Jacqueline Lawson, during a press conference in Eastport on July 24, 2023 regarding Donald’s disappearance during a recent sailing trip. Donald’s family hasn’t been able to reach him for more than a week as of Monday during the presser.
Mexican Navy searches for pioneering Black sailor from Baltimore missing at sea
The U.S. sailing community is holding out hope that Donald Lawson turns up safely.
Roy McGrath FBI wanted poster.
FBI concludes investigation into shooting death of Roy McGrath and refers case to prosecutors
A spokesman for the FBI’s Knoxville Field Office confirmed Thursday that agents concluded the investigation and referred the findings to local and federal prosecutors for review.
A row of two story brick buildings stands in the background. In the foreground is police tape. A U-Haul truck and police vehicles are visible.
Hearing will examine city failures around mass shooting in South Baltimore
City Council members will have a chance for answers during a public hearing today to examine the failures of communication and action around the mass shooting in South Baltimore.
Mayor Brandon Scott speaks at a press conference near Glade Court in Brooklyn after a shooting early Sunday morning, July 2, 2023.
South Baltimore shooting response is a political challenge for Mayor Scott
Political experts say voters will remember what could be the largest shooting in city history — and Mayor Scott’s leadership in the aftermath.
Police tape marks off Glade Court in Brooklyn after the shooting that resulted in two deaths and dozens of injuries.
Police arrest teen who allegedly flashed gun before Brooklyn mass shooting
The teen’s attorney says police are alleging his client pulled a gun out of a bag several hours before the shooting.
Bishop John Watts of Kingdom Life Church Apostolic greets a Safe Streets worker on July 2, following a shooting at Brooklyn Homes.
Safe Streets crew worked South Baltimore block party, but shifts ended before mass shooting
Four Safe Streets workers from Baltimore’s leading violence intervention program monitored the block party Saturday at Brooklyn Homes, but clocked out and left about an hour before gunfire erupted.
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General released the Catholic Church investigation papers. David Lorenz displays a redacted copy of the release.
Will a Baltimore judge lift redactions from the Catholic Church abuse report?
Closed-door hearings in Baltimore Circuit Court will decide whether the final details will be revealed in the report on child sex abuse within the archdiocese.
A photo of both former Governor Larry Hogan and Roy McGrath
Why you’ll probably never hear Roy McGrath’s secret recordings of Larry Hogan
Maryland’s strict wiretapping law forbids not only the act of secretly recording someone’s voice, but any attempt to share an illicit recording — by anyone.
A police officer goes under tape that marks off Glade Court in Brooklyn after a shooting early Sunday morning.
After South Baltimore mass shooting leaves 2 dead, 28 wounded, police staffing questioned
The shooting at the annual Brooklyn Day block party is the most people shot in one incident in Baltimore since at least 2015.
The exterior of the Archdiocese of Baltimore building as seen on Monday, March 13.
Former Archbishop Curley teacher, 41 others added to archdiocese list of accused clergy
Some 39 of the names were first revealed in the attorney general’s report on the history of sex abuse within the church.
Flannery Gallagher sits in front of a childhood photo of her deceased father, Frank X. Gallagher Jr., during a press conference announcing a lawsuit against St. Mary’s Seminary and the Archdiocese of Baltimore on Tuesday, June 27, 2023. Flannery and Liam Gallagher, the children of Frank X. Gallagher Jr., say that after the abuse their father “experienced extreme emotional distress” and began experimenting with drugs and engaging in compulsive and risky sexual encounters.
Gallagher family members sue Archdiocese of Baltimore, St. Mary’s Seminary over father’s abuse and death
Flannery and Liam Gallagher, the children of Frank X. Gallagher Jr., say that after the abuse their father “experienced extreme emotional distress” and began experimenting with drugs and engaging in compulsive and risky sexual encounters.
Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison to step down
Former Police Commissioner Harrison still on city payroll. For how long? Apparently it’s secret
Harrison announced his resignation on June 8, with Mayor Brandon Scott saying he would nominate Richard Worley, currently the deputy commissioner for operations, as interim commissioner.
Simboli Ruffin, holding her passport, stands for a portrait in her home on Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Ruffin, the Baltimore woman known as 'the longest living Jane Doe,' finally discovered her true identity in 2022 following a decades-long search and a Baltimore Banner investigation.
A year later, big changes — maybe a movie deal — for Baltimore’s longest-living Jane Doe
It’s been one year since the Baltimore woman who was missing child No. 1201298 found her identity — one year of changes big and small.
Photo collage of red torn image of Virgin Mary and child statue, with dark background that includes number 149 and redaction boxes.
Final name stripped from Maryland report on Catholic sex abuse is nun from Philadelphia
With the identification of the late Philadelphia nun, all the names have been unmasked in the attorney general report.
Annapolis Police Chief Ed Jackson attends a news conference on the mass shooting in Annapolis that left three dead and three wounded. Standing rear to him is.Gov. Wes Moore.
Parking dispute led to Annapolis mass shooting, charging documents say
Six people were shot — three of them fatally — on Sunday at a house on Paddington Place near Edgewood Road.
Richard Worley, Deputy Commissioner at Baltimore Police Department with Mayor Brandon Scott at the the Press conference
Mayor turns to homegrown patrol cop with pick of Richard Worley to lead Baltimore Police
Within the department, Richard Worley maintains a reputation as a respected and seasoned patrol officer and commander, someone who knows the streets of Baltimore.
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