Maryland

The bill gives hundreds of people an opportunity to petition for earlier release.

A Maryland prosecutor stops seeking cash bail, Kentucky and Virginia prosecutors limit pot cases, and a Hawaii prosecutor reduces charges for driving offenses.

Youth justice bills introduced in Maryland; Missouri mulls early release; Iowa and Kentucky consider expanding voting rights

In St. Louis, Chicago, and Baltimore, prosecutors have announced a policy of not prosecuting marijuana possession or have launched a new expungement program.

“We don’t believe local government and local communities should be making money by causing harm to other community members,” said one advocate.

“People showed up yesterday because they want their local communities to revolve [around] their values,” said a Maryland advocate.

3 Maryland counties are in ICE’s 287(g) program. How many after November?

In challenging Larry Hogan, Ben Jealous details decarceration goals.

This article is part of the Political Report’s coverage of the 2018 criminal justice elections. State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby faces two challengers in Baltimore’s Democratic primary: former Deputy Attorney General Thiru Vignarajah and Ivan Bates, a former assistant state’s attorney who now works as a defense attorney. Mosby is known nationally for prosecuting six police officers over […]