Shannon Vitiritti - Baltimore Democrat Examiner - Democrat

A federal judge struck another blow against California's beleaguered prison system on Friday. The judge felt the mental health care of inmate in California prisons had not improved to a level sufficient to end 17-years of judicial...

Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford defeated his Republican challenger in a runoff election Tuesday night. Sanford will face Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch for the vacant House of Representative's seat in May's special election.Sanford stepped...

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that police officers require a warrant before a police dog is allowed on private property.The ruling claimed the use of police dogs to search property for illegal drugs...

The Catholic Church has a history of protecting pedophiles within their ranks. Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, Archbishop of Durbin, speaking Saturday on BBC Radio, made statements defending pedophiles everywhere. Napier issued an apology for his statements on Monday, walking back...

With an 82-56 vote in the House of Delegates on Friday, Maryland became the latest state to repeal the death penalty.Gov. Martin O'Malley, a longtime advocate for repealing the death penalty, will sign the bill into...