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Over the past decade, Maryland legislators have missed several opportunities to curb our state’s lamentable policy of treating children accused of crime as if they were adults.

Under existing law, Maryland automatically prosecutes children in the adult system for a long list of crimes—with zero assessment before filing about whether they could be rehabilitated in the juvenile system.

Updated February 20, 2025 Liz Ryan The Daily Record Maryland Maryland lawmakers are facing a lot of tough decisions this legislative...

Updated August 25, 2024 Robin Campbell The Baltimore Sun A 16-year-old talks to a Sun photographer while under house arrest in his...

Published May 31, 2024 By Susan Vivian Mangold The Baltimore Banner Ulysses Muñoz/The Baltimore Banner Reforms needed to move away from...

Published May 17, 2024 By Rachel Baye WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore Ulysses Muños, The Baltimore Banner One of the bills Gov. Wes Moore signed...

Published May 15, 2024 By Dr. Anna Rubin The Baltimore Sun Nicole D. Porter’s recent commentary correctly nailed why the terrible...

Published May 15, 2024 By Hannah Gaskill The Baltimore Sun Kenneth K. Lam, Baltimore Sun At what is slated to be Gov. Wes Moore’s last...

Published April 9, 2024 By Alex R. Piquero and Heather Warnken The Baltimore Sun Karl Merton Ferron/Baltimore Sun Staff Last week, amid...

Published January 31, 2024 By Brenda Wintrode and Pamela Wood The Baltimore Banner Del. Luke Clippinger, chairman of the House Judiciary...

By Tom Hall, Teria Rogers, Malarie Pinkard-Pierre, Sam Bermas-Dawes Published January 29, 2024 WYPR: How can MD improve the approach to...

Published January 16, 2024 By David Collins WBAL TV 11 BALTIMORE — While Maryland lawmakers draft legislation in Annapolis, one group is...