Law

May 24, 2013

On The Lines Between Us, 50 years after Gideon v. Wainwright established the right to an attorney in criminal cases, but access may be limited. We talk with a public defender for the State of Maryland, executive director of Maryland's Access to Justice Commission, and a law professor.

Then, Tom Hall talks with actress, writer and director Rain Pryor about a new school program that gives students access to tehater.

May 15, 2013

Governor Martin O’Malley is scheduled to sign the Firearm Safety Act of 2013 into law tomorrow.

Web Extra: Daniel Webster on when we will know whether the law is having an affect on gun violence

It's been 59 years since Brown vs. Board of Education, but in today's courts, lingering inequality is still being challenged. We talk with two civil rights attorneys Ted Shaw and Susan Goering.

Then, we talk with two filmmakers Joe Troppea and Skizz Cyzyk about their recent film, Hit and Stay, a documentary about the Catonsville nine.

And theater critic J. Wynn Rousuck joins us to tell us what she thinks about musical "American Idiot" at the Hippodrome.

What happens when two people point fingers at each other and claim to be victims of a crime the police have not witnessed? This question was examined in one of Dan’s recent columns in The Baltimore Sun, prompting a follow-up conversation today about such common disputes, the limitations of police authority, the role of the Maryland District Court commissioners, and the challenges of resolving such cross-complaints. With Baltimore attorney Jim Astrachan and Gale E. Rasin, longtime Baltimore judge, retired.

April 26, 2013

More than 17,000 people in Baltimore are addicted to an illegal substance.  That’s about 3.3 percent of the population—higher than the national average.  

A look at the latest in legal news from the courts of Maryland and the nation with Baltimore attorney Jim Astrachan.

April 16, 2013