

By Cathy Ruse
Birth control mandate a sin against liberty
Independent voices from the TWT Communities

Jury selection began Monday in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of two Virginia Tech students killed during a campus rampage nearly five years ago.

A woman convicted of brutally beating and stabbing a coworker to death at the Lululemon Athletica store in Bethesda last year was sentenced on Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

A man accused of brutally slaying his estranged wife and 11-year-old stepson in October was indicted Thursday on charges of murder and kidnapping related to their deaths.

A Rockville man pleaded guilty Thursday to three counts of manslaughter and failure to remain at the scene of a fatal accident, charges that carry up to 40 years in prison and which Montgomery County prosecutors said were so serious that they would push for the 20-year-old to spend substantial time behind bars.

A Gaithersburg man being held in Aruba in connection with the disappearance of his traveling companion had been having financial difficulties in the months before he vacationed on the Caribbean island, according to court documents.
ANNAPOLIS — In the first court opinion of its kind in Maryland, the state Court of Special Appeals ruled yesterday that a local court failed to properly address requirements of the federal Indian Child Welfare Act in a child custody case.