Letter from Senate President Mike Miller to Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on removal of Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney Statue from Maryland State House 

Miller: We should have and continue to have a public conversation about difficult issues facing our country. A full discussion of each of our reasons for supporting either removal or retention of the statue as well as the complex history of this man and our State would only have added to the public conversation and understanding.

MURDER USA Drug dealer Robert Tywaughn Branson shot dead by his pal Brian Pierce in Labor Day festivities

Pierce was charged by Charles County States Attorney Anthony Covington on Sept. 1, 2013, with possession of drugs and paraphernalia. In a plea deal on Feb. 11, 2014, Pierce entered a guilty plea to the charge of possession of drug paraphernalia and the drug possession charge was dropped.

Drug Dealer Byron Tunnell Died After Hospital Said He Was Just Peachy After Being Tased to End Flight From  Flatfoots

Tunnell was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute drugs on Jan. 2, 2014.  The plea deal in Worcester County Circuit Court provided for a jail term of one year with all the jail time suspended except for two months and 29 days.