Slug- CHILDRENS LAWS Good Evening and Welcome to Maryland Newsline Im Anchor 1.

Its a GUN BATTLE in Annapolis tonightas lawmakers duke it out over GUN CONTROL legislation And Im Anchor 2. But firstit was all about the childrenas the General Assembly shouted a resounding YES to CHILD PROTECTION billsCNS-TVS Reporter is LIVE in Annapolis with that EMOTIONAL storyReporter?

Slug- UMD CLOSED MEETING Shes been removed from officebut a former state delegate is pleading her case and a Maryland official is putting the brakes on her replacement.Well have the latest in the cases of Tiffany AlstonGood Evening and Welcome to Maryland Newsline Im Anchor 1 And Im Anchor 2 We start tonights newscast with some breaking news. As University of Maryland fans were shocked to hear about the switch from the A-C-C to the Big 10, the Universitys Board of Regents was doing some planning of its own The Student Press Law Center is now challenging the Board of Regents closed meetings held on Sunday and Monday to discuss the re-alignment. In many cases, closed meetings of public bodies are in violation of Maryland law Meaning that any votes taken during these meetings COULD be declared VOID. The Student Press Law Center, in a letter to University President Wallace Lohsays it is beyond dispute that the Regents are bound by the obligations of the Maryland Open Meetings Act. The Open Meetings Act requires that public bodies provide reasonable advance notice of the date, time and place of upcoming meetings. The letter from the S-P-L-C says that neither a Regents telephone conference on Sunday followed by a session on Monday was open to the public nor was accompanied by a written public notice.

Slug- POLICE TRIAL Freedom of Speech and a Deaf University? Well have the latest on a firestorm over one professors punishment after signing Marylands gay marriage petition. Welcome to Maryland Newsline, Im Anchor 1 And Im Anchor 2But first I just returned from Prince Georges County Circuit Court where two police officers are fighting charges of beating University of Maryland students after 2009!s Maryland-Duke basketball game. Reginald Baker and James Harrison had their second day in court today, charged with assault and misconduct. The prosecution called five more witnesses, their arguments relying heavily on this infamous video of the beating. According to the prosecution, the continued use of the baton on student John McKenna after he was compliant and down on the ground constituted excessive force. McKenna was struck 12- times within just a few seconds. However the Defense says it was a true riot situation, which one witness described as a stampede of humans, and officers felt threatened. Attorneys for the police officers say Baker and Harrison were using the baton to get McKenna, the grandson of a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge, to show them his hands. But an expert witness for the prosecution said the continuous strikes never even gave McKenna a chance to respond. The defense is expected to begin calling witnesses tomorrow.