Daniel Suleiman

In this photo released by the Baltimore Police Department, police tape cordons off a crime scene of a shooting. (Baltimore City Police via AP)

It’s time Maryland reexamined its felony murder rule | GUEST COMMENTARY

October 13, 2025 at 2:20 p.m.

It's past time that Maryland reexamined its felony murder rule, which holds that a defendant can be found guilty of first-degree murder even without intent to kill, writes Daniel Suleiman.

President Donald Trump is awarded the Bipartisan Justice Award by Matthew Charles, right, one of the first prisoners released by the First Step Act, during the "2019 Second Step Presidential Justice Forum" at Benedict College, Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Case shows why federal ‘First Step Act’ sentencing changes must be made retroactive

October 30, 2019 at 1:26 p.m.

At a sentencing hearing this month, Lamont Gaines, a criminal defendant I represent, benefited from a provision in the First Step Act, the Trump administration's criminal justice reform legislation. Because...

Attorney Ronald Sullivan Jr., left, was forced to quit a faculty dean position at Harvard University because he represented infamous Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, right. Mr. Sullivan eventually left Mr. Weinstein's legal team.

Criminal defense lawyers are people too

August 1, 2019 at 5:26 p.m.

Take the first, and now infamous, sexual abuse investigation of Jeffrey Epstein. Mr. Epstein hired Alan Dershowitz and others to defend him, and the defense team succeeded in resolving the...

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Lawyers can’t ignore their clients, even if it’s in their best interests

June 7, 2019 at 9:01 a.m.

Lawyers have one fundamental job: to advocate on behalf of their clients. Once I begin advancing a position my client rejects, I’ve stopped being her lawyer and turned into her...

Judicial independence is an American bedrock

June 7, 2019 at 8:38 a.m.

As the Senate considers his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch owes it to the American people to stand up tall for judicial independence. Both to reassure an...

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