Army won't aid Dock case says he would be executed
Todd Dock, the Army’s only death row inmate, faces further appeals amid claims the military system failed his defense. His attorney criticized the Court of Military Review for excluding evidence, urged higher Pentagon involvement, and warned of a federal suit if relief is denied. Dock, 21 at the time of the 1984 murder in Giessen, remains jailed at Fort Leavenworth, while his mother fights mounting legal costs near $90,000.
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Todd Dock
U.S. Army
Dock
Frederick
William Schaffer
US Army Court of Military Review
Schaffer
Washington
Pentagon
Frederick High School
Giessen
West Germany
Todd
Army
Legal Services Agency
David A. Little
Little
Cour of
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Reward Offered Over Armored Car Killing at Mall
In Columbia Maryland an armored car firm offers a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman who robbed the vehicle and killed a courier with a gunshot wound to the head. Authorities say the driver paused at a bank entrance and returned to find the car missing. it was later found in the mall parking lot with a suspect identified in the back of the vehicle.
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Equitable Bank
Cook
Keyser
Mayor outlines South End drug crackdown plan
At his weekly news conference Mayor Ronald Young announced a focused effort on drug issues in the south end. He said meetings with residents will precede action and voiced intent to crack down on crack and other street sales. Groundbreaking for the Patrick Center seven story office building at West Patrick and South Court is slated for September 1 with first floor retail and banking. developer Chuck Arnold updates completion at least a year away and over 60 percent leased. He also indicated a late September start for the Opera House hotel and expressed interest in a town farmer's market to boost produce sales and local commerce.
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Ronald Young
West Patrick
South Court Streets
Young
Patrick Center
Chuck Arnold
Opera House
14 year old comatose victim to return home this week
Robbie Smith, a 14 year old from Carroll County, has remained in a coma for four months after an injury on March 9. He was treated at University of Maryland Shock-Trauma Unit, then Johns Hopkins and Kennedy Institute before planned return home on Friday. His mother Mary Ellen Smith says doctors once considered nursing home care due to no improvement.
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Carroll County
Robbie
University of Maryland
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins
Kennedy Institute
Mary Ellen Smith
Baltimore Evening Sun
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