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Maryland approves new school discipline regulations
Source: The Washington Post
By Donna St. George, Tuesday, January 28Maryland education leaders approved the most sweeping changes in decades to state discipline policies Tuesday morning, culminating a four-year effort intended to reform approaches to student punishment, increase time in school and end racial disparities in suspensions.The Maryland State Board of Education’s action…
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Maryland School Board Moves to Limit Student Suspensions
Source: Washington Post
By Donna St. GeorgeBALTIMORE — The Maryland State Board of Education moved Tuesday to cut the number of students suspended from school, saying that such punishment is used too often for nonviolent offenses and that too much class time gets lost. Drawing a link to…
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Abolishing the Death Penalty in Maryland
"Maryland today becomes the 18th state to abolish the death penalty....In doing so it joins every other western country and almost every country on the planet.....But most importantly, today, Maryland pushes America towards abolishing the death penalty and rejoining its rightful place as a global…
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Maryland and the Death Penalty
Source: The New York Times
Maryland’s governor, Martin O’Malley, chose Jan. 15, the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., to announce his determination to repeal the state’s law allowing capital punishment. “Hate multiplies hate, violence multiplies violence,” he said, quoting Dr. King.The death penalty does not deter murders, the governor said, since…
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Repeal of Death Penalty Urged; MD. Panel Votes to End Executions
Source: The Baltimore Sun
by Gadi Dechter and Laura Smitherman A state commission reviewing capital punishment recommended last night an end to executions in Maryland, prompting hope among death penalty opponents that the General Assembly could soon abolish the 30-year practice. The Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment voted 13-7…
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