JODY LEE MILES v. STATE OF MARYLAND
Court of Appeals, Rodowsky, Filed Nov. 25, 2013,
Death Penalty- “Sanguinary Laws” section of Maryland Declaration of Rights does not prohibit capital punishment

Over the course of a 45 page opinion, the CoA conducts an in-depth examination of the history of Article 16 of the Maryland Declaration of Rights in order to determine that capital punishment wasn’t outlawed in 1776.