When the federal government auctioned the 120-year-old Chesapeake Bay lighthouse last year, a surprise bidding war broke out. The price jumped from $15,000 to $38,000. Then $189,000. Who bought the Hooper Island Light?
Brown, 61 of Prince George’s County, wants more money and authority to raise salaries in the office and double the size of the unit that prosecutes organized crime to 24 attorneys. He wants to go after civil rights violators and investigate and prosecute police misconduct.
Baltimore Circuit Judge Robert K. Taylor Jr. will oversee proceedings regarding the release of an investigation detailing the “sexual abuse” and “physical torture” of more than 600 children and teens at the hands of 158 Catholic priests.
Citing state and federal rules that protect grand jury materials, a Baltimore judge ordered proceedings to remain secret in the legal effort to release an investigation into the history sexual abuse within the Catholic Church of Baltimore.
In his new job, Syed will help Georgetown students investigate wrongful convictions, exonerate men and women and create documentary films about the cases.
Baltimore Circuit Judge Anthony Vittoria ordered the case sealed on Friday. His ruling means all hearings will be closed to the public and all legal motions will be confidential.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore will not oppose the release of a nearly four-year investigation into child sexual abuse, church leaders said in a detailed statement released Tuesday evening.
Survivors of priest abuse are bracing for a legal fight over the release of the Maryland Attorney General’s 456-page report into 80 years of sexual abuse.
A Baltimore judge will decide Thursday whether to accept a plea agreement between the teen’s defense attorneys and prosecutors that would send the case to juvenile court on the lesser charge of manslaughter.