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10/20/09
A new law restricting the state's use of the death penalty is getting its first legal test in Anne Arundel County as prosecutors and defense attorneys prepare for a 2006 murder case involving the slaying of a correctional officer in Jessup. 
Courtesy photoCircuit Court Judge Paul A. Hackner already is considering voluminous legal motions surrounding the constitutionality of the new law and defense attorneys plan to file additional motions in the coming weeks. Find Us On Facebook
Circuit Court Judge Paul A. Hackner already is considering voluminous legal motions surrounding the constitutionality of the new law and defense attorneys plan to file additional motions in the coming weeks. "The law is freakish and wanton and arbitrary," said Michael Lawlor, an attorney representing Lee Edward Stephens, one of two inmates charged with murder in the July 25,...
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