Thanks for responding.

I guess what I'm hung up on is that the "hearing didn't count" ruling seems like an extreme reaction. Wouldn't a proper legal response be for the Lee family to sue the State's Attorney's office for improper method of notice rather than nixing the entire process that freed Syed?

Except we dealt with over 2 years' worth of zoom hearings and even trials during COVID lockdown so would all of those proceedings be subject to this kind of ruling?

> right to notice of,

I don't understand. Is there something in Maryland code that requires a victim's family for right to notice of or right to attend? I always thought right to notice was for a defendant.

Court cases are not dictated by the victim's family in capital murder cases, as I understand it. Notifying them of actions by the court is usually a courtesy, albeit something that should be the policy of every prosecutor and Mosby failed miserably at this one, but I expect nothing less of her. Still, it shouldn't be enough to vacate the vacating of a conviction. Once it's vacated, that's it, isn't it? Doesn't double jeopardy apply?

Would love an attorney to weigh in here.

The victim's family is convinced, despite how poor the evidence was, that Syed was the killer and nothing will change that, even if someone else is prosecuted and convicted. There's no scenario where they will be satisfied unless Syed is in jail.

And I feel for them. I do. I have a daughter and I'd be in emotional agony over this if it was mine.

But that's also why, legally speaking, prosecutors and the courts aren't supposed to let them dictate legal strategy or the direction of a case.

It has nothing to do with the money to renovate them. There's a long and arduous process for the city or any of the various nonprofits doing similar work trying to either rehab abandoned homes or demolish them to build larger buildings or green spaces. Many of them still have owners and you still have to go through the courts accordingly and it takes literal years to do so.

This older, but still incredibly relevant 2016 episode from Planet Money describes the process in detail.

I'm sorry your dad got mugged in Catonsville. I actually moved from the city to C'ville in 2021 and absolutely love it and feel relatively safe here (though a mugging can honestly happen anywhere). Still way safer than many parts of the city.

But I don't need to justify my Baltimore credentials to anyone and neither do you. I lived in the city for over 6 years (plus a native Marylander) so if someone doesn't think I'm "Batimorean enough" then that's their problem.

Hell, my cousin moved to Leesburg despite being an area native, hardcore O's and Ravens fan and still is way more culturally "Baltimore" than I am. It's all relative, my man.

Is it common? Perhaps.

Is it acceptable???

No.

No. No. Bad.

It is indeed still something that happens. I had to do one too for my last job. If it's something that only takes an hour or two, I don't think it's that bad. But anything more, one should be paid for.

Tell them to go public. I would never tolerate this from a white collar employer, and it should still be unacceptable to treat workers this way.

But it should also be a lesson to your friend to always get things in writing.

[in Seinfeld]

That's a shame.

Camping out in the woods.

Ironic that a German bakery is so good at Jewish food.

Half of my family had food poisoning from them a while back via their catering. Ended up in the hospital. Haven't been back since and it breaks my heart.

Oh my God. 13 times? Jesus, that's an entire magazine.

I hope you're able to recover someday.

Either pay more or pay the current rate and train people who don't yet have the skills and then make sure there's an upward sliding scale for their salary once they're trained.

So Ukraine has some neo-Nazis.

So does Russia.

So does the United States. Like a lot.

But that was entirely a Putin excuse. He wanted a sattelite state he could manipulate for his own benefit and keep them out of NATO..

You're not fooling anyone with your poorly made collage.

Sediment and air in today's case. If you noticed, your cold water tap was likely a bit cloudy today because of the sudden drop in temperature. Will clear up tomorrow but everyone needs to run it a bit.

LOL why are you so salty if you're not going to provide your source? Oh that's right, you're Russkie garbage. Das Vadanya motherfucker.

Slavery and systemic racism will always be this country's cardinal sin.

But for a city that has a near-Black-majority with most public officials being such as well, I'm going to go on a limb that it's not the sole, nor even primary driving force of this issue. Furthermore, the people who would love to be able to enjoy their day, walk outside and not get carjacked while trying to support their families are also Black. I'm sure they'd appreciate some safety and security too (while still having strong feelings about the Police as they should).

However I do agree that we need to both strengthen those social safety nets and police,/prosecute better (without violating civil rights) at the same time.

There's got to be a middle ground here because both extreme sides are untenable.

If your reason for opposing the war and claims about them being Nazis were cogent and supported by facts then we could have a conversation.

As it stands, you haven't been cogent or factual.

Hey Vlad... or would you prefer Mr. Putin? Anyways, nice to catch up with you but it'd be really great if you could provide actual proof that the Ukranians... who ELECTED A FUCKING JEWISH COMEDIAN AS PRESIDENT... are actually Nazis.

My wife has been complaining about shortages and issues on and off for as long as she's been on it. This month, she had her order canceled multiple times but eventually it went through.

I get why you think this is somehow a systemic and racial justice issue. If it were, many many more kids would be committing crimes, and as others have said, it's a lot of the same kids committing the same crimes over and over again.

No one's asking for kids to be executed. No one's saying don't address systemic injustice and racial inequality. No one is saying throw these kids in jail forever. So stop acting like that's what people are advocating.

There has to be a balance for law-abiding citizens who subscribe to the social contract to be able to live their lives mostly without fear, walk out of their house in their own neighborhood and be able to support their families.

There has to be justice for both the kids that have been failed by their parents and the victims of their crimes. That means preventing these crimes. And you can do so by putting the kids in jail but also making sure when they get out that they won't be repeat offenders. And right now, that's not happening.

In terms of severity and extreme ethno-centric ideology? No, not as bad. Willing to slaughter millions of innocent people in a genocide? No, not quite there either.

In terms of belligerance against other nations to prop up their own authoritarian regime while committing loads of war crimes? Yeah, kind of on par. And that matters.

Your ideology is stupid and regressive.

If people actually mean they'd prefer police reform when they say "defund" or "ACAB," then they can say that. Christ, that is such a cop-out (excuse the pun).

Because if I read between the lines, I personally look at the meaning behind them as, at best, wholly impractical, and at worst, an ideological purity test. This is why so little movement has been had in police reform... most people take this idea at face value. We don't need extremes to solve this problem. What's more is that these supposed slogans aren't really addressed to the people who need convincing. Just like conservatives, liberals and progressives do a whole shit-ton of ideological pandering.