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"Outgoing Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley took the state's last four inmates off death row, commuting their sentences to life in prison without parole in one of his final acts in ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2014 By
Alright, we Americans crow about our desire to spread democracy around the world and preach that the essence of civilized society is freedom and liberty. The most recent paper published by the Prison ...
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Posted on May 28, 2014 By Steve Nolder
After a peak in the number of inmates confined in county and city jails at midyear 2008 (785,533), the local jail population was significantly lower by midyear 2013 (731,208). The jail incarceration ...
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