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It can be hard to fight against personal arguments. No one wants to diminish the pain that someone might be feeling following the loss of a loved one. For example, one father in Maryland is currently helping to fight for stricter DUI laws in the state. His fight stems...
Are you a parent of a teenager? Do you know how your child feels about alcohol use or if he or she consumes alcohol? How do you feel and talk about underage drinking around your child? A parent's attitude about whether minors should drink can have a significant effect...
When many people think of sentencing following criminal convictions, they think of prison sentences. Maybe they think of community service, probation or fines, too. But when it comes to a specific category of criminal offenses in Maryland, there is another highly...
The Fourth Amendment gives every U.S. citizen the right to privacy. The government can only invade your home, search your person - or monitor your emails or Internet activity - in certain circumstances. Unless stringent requirements are met, any unwarranted invasion...
In our last post, we began speaking about the legality of checkpoints in general, and of a particular checkpoint permitted by Hartford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler last November. One of the points we wanted to highlight in this discussion is that police officers...
Law enforcement agencies have a wide variety of resources and strategies at their disposal to enforce criminal laws. Police officers do have limitations, though, on how they go about their work. To take several examples: before an arrest may take place, there must be...
Most people hope that they will never be faced with a drunk driving arrest. One arrest and conviction is enough to significantly impact a person's life. The legal process, while important, can be a great stress. Most are happy, to say the least, to get the situation...
Every reasonable driver in Maryland -- and we certainly count our readers as members of that demographic -- pays close attention to drinking and driving.Put another way: For the legions of us who occasionally imbibe some amount of alcohol while out socializing with...
Laws come to be laws in Maryland and in other states for various reasons. One reason is the pressure from federal authorities that can come with strings attached, such as financing for states' various needs. The National Traffic Safety Board, for example, comes out...
For many adults, the days of parties involving tequila shots in order to get really drunk are long gone. Still, that doesn't mean that you and your friends do not like to get together to enjoy a meal with a nice glass of wine.While sipping on a glass of wine might not...