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Regional News Briefs/LotteriesPublished 02/20/08
House rejects stiffer transit penalties
A measure calling for tougher penalties for people who assault fellow passengers on public transit has been rejected by the Maryland House.
A House committee has voted down four bills proposed by a Baltimore Democrat to set mandatory minimum penalties for certain crimes on buses. Delegate Melvin Stukes says bus violence led to his proposals, but delegates' dislike of mandatory minimums sank his plan. The bills were a response to a beating last year on a Baltimore bus, where a woman, her boyfriend and the bus driver were attacked. Several teens accused in that case...
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