John Moore and Tanner Mansell were convicted of theft after they freed sharks they erroneously thought had been caught illegally.

Criminal law — Sentencing — Rule of lenity Following trial in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County in 2007, a jury found Gary Alexander Wesley, Sr., appellant, guilty of second-degree murder ...

This is known as the rule of lenity. In recent years, legislatures and courts have increasingly dispensed with these constraints, leading to the criminalization of totally innocent conduct and the ...

Matt is a co-director of the ACLU’s State Supreme Court Initiative, which he helped to launch in May 2023. At the SSCI, Matt has successfully briefed state supreme court cases on a range of issues, ...

Zoning — Special exception — Violation of application process Deborah Jacobs appeals a decision by the Board of Appeals for Montgomery County that granted the Columbia Country Club an ...

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