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CAPISTRANO HAS its swallows; in Annapolis every year at this time, the
defense-lawyer buzzards return to the place where drunk driving bills go
to die. The legislative graveyard is the House Judiciary Committee, ever
led by Chairman Joseph F. Vallario Jr. of Prince George’s County, a lawyer
whose practice happens to include representing drunk drivers. Alcohol-related
deaths in Maryland go up, but the proposed laws go down. A few measures
struggled through during the past two years, thanks in large measure to
the threat of losing federal highway funds. This session, the committee
is back to business as usual, with the …

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