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This Maryland legislation would protect people and pets
Last week The Baltimore Sun and WMAR 2 News reported an unprecedented number of animals being surrendered to local animal shelters because of the rapid rise in evictions. A record-setting 828 pets […]
There’s a downside to our reliance on plea bargains
The American Bar Association’s 2023 Plea Bargain Task Force Report communicates there are many benefits of plea bargaining in the criminal justice system, including the preservation of resources and a […]
Maryland tax sale process must change to stop harming Black residents
We encourage Maryland legislators to take a close look at the tax sale process.
Restitution orders should include attorney’s fees
Attorney’s fees often finish last, although we have a hard time understanding why. Defendants don’t want to agree to pay them, and courts don’t like to award them. When courts […]
As bar counsel, Lydia Lawless served the state superbly
On March 17, Lydia E. Lawless will step down as Maryland Bar Counsel after having served in that post since 2017. We wish Lawless much success in whatever her next […]
Baltimore City needs to support the state’s attorney’s office
Some in the know say that the outgoing Baltimore state’s attorney provided to the incoming, newly elected state’s attorney very little in the way of transition, particularly an office adequately […]
We’ve lost confidence in the US Supreme Court
Although we have confidence in the integrity of the Supreme Court of Maryland, sadly, we no longer have the same confidence in the integrity of our nation’s high court. There […]
Amend Maryland’s probation before judgment law
During the 2022 General Assembly session, we urged passage of House Bill 559/Senate Bill 265, to broaden the scope of the current Probation Before Judgment (PBJ) law. The bill had […]
State’s Attorney Bates should keep these 2 units
Early last week Ivan Bates was sworn in as the new state’s attorney in Baltimore City. His first announced change to the office once headed by Marilyn Mosby was to […]
Editorial Advisory Board: News organizations need to get involved in rule discussion
On Jan. 6, 2023, the Supreme Court of Maryland unanimously referred a proposed rule on the distribution and broadcast of official criminal trial audio recordings back to the Maryland Judiciary […]
Editorial Advisory Board: Allow citation of unreported opinions
On Dec. 14, 2022, the names of Maryland’s appellate courts changed pursuant to a constitutional amendment approved by Maryland’s voters in the 2022 General Election. However, one vestige of the […]
Editorial Advisory Board: When guns harm democracy
The Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller considered the Second Amendment to be an offshoot of Anglo-American common law. And as such, Heller made clear that the government […]
