Newspaper gunman insanity case starting after three years
Three years after the deadliest attack on a newsroom in U.S. history, residents in Marylandโs state capital who were shaken by the assault on their local newspaper are hopeful the community will soon have resolution to a dragging legal case.
Psychiatrist can present findings in newspaper shooting case
More than 20 people testified over three days of pretrial hearings, including jail personnel, the detention center's warden and the sheriff of Anne Arundel County. She also said jail personnel were not instructed how to obtain information or what information to obtain. Also, the doctor asked them about items that were in the mental health and medical records that he already had received, Ripken said. There are three different mental health experts in the case. Dr. Sameer Patel, a psychiatrist with the state Health Department, has conducted a mental health evaluation of Ramos.
Lawyers to argue about psychologist in newspaper attack case
FILE - This June 28, 2018, file photo provided by the Anne Arundel Police shows Jarrod Ramos in Annapolis, Md. Lawyers are scheduled to argue about whether a psychologists observations about Ramos, who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper, should be heard by jurors who will decide whether hes criminally responsible because of his mental health. A pretrial hearing set for Wednesday, Aug. 5, relates to the second part of the case against Ramos, who already has pleaded guilty to killing five at the Capital Gazette newspaper in 2018. Lawyers are scheduled to argue about whether a psychologists observations about a man who killed five people at a Maryland newspaper should be heard by jurors who will decide whether hes criminally responsible because of his mental health. He also looked into Ramos cell.
Maryland to award $300K for newspaper shooting memorial
ANNAPOLIS, Md. Maryland is set to award $300,000 for the construction of a memorial honoring the victims of a deadly shooting at a newspaper office. The state plans to award the funds next week for a memorial that will be located in an Annapolis park and pay tribute to slain Capital Gazette employees John McNamara, Gerald Fischman, Wendi Winters, Rob Hiaasen and Rebecca Smith, the newspaper reported. The memorial, called Guardians of Free Speech, will include five pillars in front of the text of the First Amendment carved in stone, the newspaper said. Jarrod Ramos pleaded guilty in the killings.