Anti-development activist gets 40 years for murder plot

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In a 45-minute speech that showed a flair for oration, a former Baltimore County community association president explained to a judge why he solicited the murder of a local developer.

“I am a victim,” Michael Martin, 46, of Lutherville, dramatically declared Monday before Baltimore County Circuit Judge Dana Levitz sentenced him to 40 years in prison.

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