Ex-Bush Aide Gets New Trial on Appeal- June 18, 2008 A federal appeals court yesterday ordered a new trial for a former White House aide convicted of obstructing justice and lying, a setback for prosecutors in their four-year-old investigation into the activities of disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/313962667/AR2006111... Offenders Seek Clean Slates- June 18, 2008 The men and women arrived by the hundreds at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, many with a single goal: to get their criminal records sealed or expunged.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/314536825/AR2008061... D.C. Ruling Rejects Claim of Racial Disparity in Juries- June 18, 2008 A D.C. Superior Court judge yesterday upheld the legality of the District's jury system, rejecting arguments that blacks are much less likely to be called for service than whites even though the city is majority-African American.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/314536826/AR2008061... Loudoun To Check Residency In Arrests- June 18, 2008 Loudoun County law enforcement officials said yesterday they will start routinely checking the immigration status of all people arrested in the county if deputies suspect they are in the United States illegally, implementing a policy similar to one that set off controversy in neighboring Prince W...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/314536824/AR2008061... Comptroller Launches Probe of Places With Liquor License- June 18, 2008 Maryland State Comptroller Peter Franchot announced yesterday that his agents will investigate all establishments that hold a liquor license and allow patrons to play any sort of gaming device that could be used for gambling.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/314536827/AR2008061... MARYLAND BRIEFING- June 18, 2008 A fourth teenager was indicted yesterday on murder and other charges in the fatal beating last month of a 56-year-old West African immigrant in Bladensburg, Prince George's County State's Attorney Glenn F. Ivey said.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/314536823/AR2008061... Council Grills Lanier, Nickles on Checkpoint- June 17, 2008 D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier and interim Attorney General Peter Nickles yesterday defended using checkpoints to prevent violence after a series of shootings left the District's Trinidad neighborhood shaken in recent months.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/313793270/AR2008061... Father's Day Tragedy in Capitol Heights- June 17, 2008 For John Charles Crawford's two little girls, Father's Day will always be the day their dad was killed when he confronted a masked intruder at their home in Capitol Heights.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/313793269/AR2008061... Senator Seeks to Pay Legal Fees With Campaign Funds- June 17, 2008 Sen. Ulysses Currie, under federal investigation in connection with consulting work he performed for a grocery store chain, has asked the Maryland State Board of Elections whether he can use campaign funds to pay for his legal fees.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/313793271/AR2008061... Confession In Slaying Challenged- June 15, 2008 First came the middle-of-the-night confession -- prompted, the Leesburg man said, by his fear that he could be electrocuted by a polygraph if he didn't tell Loudoun County detectives what they wanted to hear: that he was the killer.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/metro/crime/index_xml/~3/312369712/AR2008061... |