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Maryland governor seeks to abolish death penalty
The governor of the eastern US state of Maryland said Tuesday he will present a bill to abolish the death penalty. If the legislation passes, Maryland would become the 18th state in America to do away with capital punishment. The bill will be formally presented next week. Governor Martin O’Malley,…
Baltimore mayor rings in 2013 by performing Maryland’s first same sex weddings
While other mayors were watching balls drop at midnight, Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake was ringing in the 2013 by giving her constituents a civil right they lacked before midnight: the right to marry. She was among several officiants across the state of Maryland that performed the state’s first legal…
Maryland House of Delegates approves same-sex marriage
A Bill proposed by Maryland’s governor that will legalize same-sex marriage has passed in that state’s House of Delegates and will go to the Senate next week. According to the Baltimore Sun, a similar bill passed in the Senate last year but failed in the House by just a few…
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