Archive for the "Maryland" Category

18.Mar.2010 Maryland’s Crooked Judges: They Have Their Share

Here’s a good candidate for the Maryland House Judiciary Committee.  He’d fit right in with most them… From ABC News: Baltimore Judge Marries Accused Abuser to Victim During Trial to Avoid Testimony Judge Darrell Russell Offered to Pause a Domestic Violence Trial for a Marriage Ceremony A Baltimore County judge has been reassigned after pausing [...]

14.Mar.2010 The Search for Common Sense Continues in the Maryland House Judiciary Committee

From The Washington Post: Maryland’s roadblock to helping victims of abuse By Eileen King Silver Spring Sunday, March 14, 2010; C05 The Maryland House Judiciary Committee has a reputation for being not only a place where good bills go to die but also where witnesses can expect little sympathy for having suffered from violent or [...]

09.Mar.2010 Maryland H.B. 700 is Killed in Judiciary Committee: Remember Them in November

From The Washington Post: AS EXPECTED, the Maryland House Judiciary Committee wrongly killed a bill on Thursday that would have made it easier for victims of domestic violence to obtain protective orders. H.B. 700 would have brought Maryland into conformance with the practices of every other state in the country. As an election-year service to [...]

04.Mar.2010 Attention Maryland Legislature: Someone Needs to Get Laid

Hey, Luiz Simmons, John Edwards called….he wants his hair back! The dialog is continuing on the shameful treatment of Amy Castillo during testimony with the Maryland House Judiciary Committee, in particular by batterer-lover Delegate Luiz Simmons.  Maybe it has been a while since Delegate Simmons has been laid, because he seems pretty preoccupied by it. [...]

01.Mar.2010 Attention Maryland: You Have Some Pigs Loose in the Legislature

A bill is in the Maryland Legislature now, HB 700 (Del Hecht, et al.), which seeks to alter the standard of proof for issuing a final protective order from clear and convincing evidence to a preponderance of the evidence.  If a judge finds from the preponderance of the evidence that the alleged abuse has occurred, [...]

28.Feb.2010 Maryland Mother Fights to Change Law After Husband Killed Children

UPDATE (3/01/10):  PLEASE SEE Attention Maryland: You Have Some Pigs Loose in the Legislature Amy Castillo’s husband killed their 3 children Updated: Friday, 26 Feb 2010, 12:26 PM EST Published : Thursday, 25 Feb 2010, 7:15 PM EST By Sherri Ly ANNAPOLIS, Md. – When Amy Castillo’s husband, Mark, killed her three children nearly two [...]

25.Feb.2010 Domestic Violence Murders up in Many States

From Women’s eNews: Streets May Be Safer, But Relationships? Not By Judith Spitzer WeNews correspondent Wednesday, February 17, 2010 FBI statistics show violent crime retreating, but it’s impossible to say exactly what’s going on with domestic violence deaths because total numbers are not tracked. Calls to state anti-violence coalitions, however, suggest this crime is bucking [...]

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