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Government
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11/27/04
Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. yesterday commuted the sentences of three inmates, including Mary Washington Brown, a 46-year-old Baltimore woman who has spent 30 years in prison of a life sentence for a murder committed when she was 15. Find Us On Facebook
The governor said the commutations of Brown, Walter Henry Arvinger and Clifford Wayne Sewell "are a reflection of my view that Maryland's criminal justice system must be tough but fair." Brown was convicted of the 1974 murder of Charlotte Ida Lessem, who was stabbed during a robbery by Brown and a co-defendant at a bus station in Baltimore. The governor's office said she has been an exemplary...
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