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Maryland’s former Chief Medical Examiner Dr. David Fowler testified as a defense witness during the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin…

Following heated debate, the General Assembly passed major immigrants’ rights legislation Monday night. Sponsored by Del. Vaughn Stewart (D-Montgomery), the Dignity Not Detention Act’s…

Maryland’s General Assembly passed policy Monday night to remove the governor from the parole process for people serving life sentences, which many advocates say…

On Friday, while the Hennepin County Medical Examiner testified in a Minnesota courtroom about his determination that George Floyd died by homicide under the…

A package of sweeping police reform measures is now law in Maryland, after a series of veto override votes in the State House on…

Debt Collection

Most people are shocked to learn that in Maryland a “body attachment,” that is, an arrest by a police officer, may be used by…

Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) vetoed three of five bills from the General Assembly’s bicameral police reform package Friday evening — and about…

In the wake of increasing attacks on Asian Americans nationwide, Robert K. Hur, former top federal prosecutor for Maryland, will chair a statewide workgroup…

The General Assembly gave final approval to its bicameral police reform package Wednesday, leaving the fate of the hard-fought, controversial bills in the hands…

Youth Justice

The Montgomery County Police Department recently released shocking body-camera footage of two officers berating and handcuffing a 5-year-old elementary school child. The video shows…