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Advocates want the legislature to pass measures repealing mandatory minimum sentences and letting judges reconsider long ...
The controversial Second Look Act and legislation pushing against the Trump administration's mass firing of federal workers ...
Governor Wes Moore has signed a bill into law that could potentials help those currently incarcerated. Pen to Paper Governor ...
FAMILY MEMBERS OF CRIME VICTIMS JOINED ADVOCATES AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO RALLY IN OPPOSITION TO THE SECOND LOOK ACT. THE BILL ALLOW THOSE CONVICTED OF A CRIME BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 TO 25 ...
For Sen. Charles E. Sydnor III, a Baltimore County Democrat and co-sponsor of the Maryland Second Look Act, that debate was personal. On the Senate floor, he spoke of his cousin, who was shot and ...
The proposed “Second Look Act” passed 8-3 in the Judicial Proceedings Committee on Friday, a step necessary to advance it to the full Senate floor. Senate President Bill Ferguson, a Baltimore ...
Crime victims and victim advocates want Maryland’s governor to veto the Second Look Act, which would allow some convicted offenders to get out of prison if they can prove they've been rehabilitated.
As a Washington, D.C., resident who recently benefited from the district’s own second-look act, I applaud the state of Maryland for following suit this month. Now, residents who committed most ...
The Second Look Act would allow younger offenders who have served at least 20 years in prison to ask to judge to release them. The bill has sparked heated debate in Annapolis. “Second Look is ...
This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Just hours after the Senate approved ...
A veteran of law enforcement urges support for the Second Look Act, the Earned Time Act and the Marvin Mayfield Act. Credit: Getty Images. As a law enforcement professional, I’ve spent my career ...
Opponents of the Second Look Act, which would give people who have served at least 20 years in prison a chance to reduce their sentence, call it the worst bill ever. Family members of crime victims ...