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By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Maryland Death Penalty Repeal Fails: "Efforts to repeal the death penalty in Maryland were dealt an apparently fatal blow yesterday when a key state Senate committee defeated the measure, leaving a court-ordered moratorium on state executions in place and some legislators weighing a study of the issue," Jennifer Skalka reports in the Baltimore Sun. The ?Ol Wait and Bait. In Saturday?s Washington Post, Allison Klein reports that D.C. police have been using items such as laptops and cell phones in hopes of catching a thief who had been breaking into cars on Capitol Hill and surrounding areas. Police have been using bait cars to respond to the numerous amounts of break-ins this year, which has increased 26% from last year. Michael Timberlake happened to be one of the fish caught using this technique...continue to full post

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