Caitlin Francke

Baltimore's top prosecutor rebutted yesterday recent criticism by city judges about how her office handles evidence in criminal cases, saying their reading of the law is "inaccurate." State's Attorney Patricia...

Trying to defuse an ugly fight between them, Baltimore police and prosecutors have tentatively agreed to the establishment of a special unit to handle police corruption cases, city officials said...

The rules seem clear: Prosecutors must tell a defendant about any evidence that could help prove his innocence or reduce the extent of his guilt. They must also show him...

The corruption case against Baltimore Police Officer Brian L. Sewell seemed open and shut when it broke four months ago. Undercover officers planted seven small bags of suspected cocaine -...

Baltimore's police commissioner called yesterday for the removal of the official responsible for prosecuting police misconduct, expressing outrage after she called a radio show under a pseudonym to attack his...

The acquittals of murder suspects in a recent pair of high-profile cases shocked many people but underscored for criminal justice officials a serious problem: Baltimore juries often don't believe police....

Prosecutors dropped a high-profile corruption case against a Baltimore police officer yesterday, saying it was compromised by a mysterious Christmas Eve burglary at a police office where key evidence was...

The case against Donnell Harris seemed rock-solid: When Baltimore prosecutors charged Harris with carjacking two men and shooting one of them, they were armed with a confession from his accomplice,...

Thirty years after legislators passed laws making mandatory gun sentences, criminals in Baltimore stuff weapons in their waistbands like most people put car keys in their pockets. They celebrate the...

It was a killing that galvanized a city. A 3-year-old boy was caught in cross-fire between two rival drug dealers as he waited for his birthday haircut in a West...