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The Maryland Senate narrowly overrode Gov. Larry Hogan's final veto from last year's General Assembly session, paving the way to reinstate voting rights to felons before they complete probation or parole. The 29-18 vote on Tuesday puts the law on the books 30 days from now and represents a political defeat for Hogan, a Republican. The bill was the sixth that Hogan vetoed last year, and the sixth the Democrat-controlled General Assembly reinstated. The vote, twice delayed in order to muster enough support, followed an expansive debate that touched on resolving racial disparities in the criminal justice system and protecting...

And therein lies one of our country's dirty little secrets: Mexican drug runners getting a free pass back to Mexico if they're caught with less than a quarter-ton of pot. Cochise County attorney Ed Rheinheimer spells it out. "If a seizure is made of an amount less than 500 pounds, the case doesn't get prosecuted." You read that right. Drug runners doing business without punishment. But don't blame the county attorneys. Remember: These are federal cases and should be federally prosecuted. But guess what? They don't get prosecuted by the feds and now, they don't get prosecuted by guys like...