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Commentary: ‘Lamentable’ policy of automatically trying some juveniles as adults must change, former judge says

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.

Mary Ellen Barbera

Mar 183 min read

Maryland Should Do Better by Children Accused of Crimes

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.

Elizabeth Calvin

Mar 123 min read

Commentary: Keeping Kids Out of Adult Court

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

Liz Ryan

Feb 203 min read

Commentary: We could do a lot more to keep young people away from the justice system

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

Robin Campbell

Aug 25, 20243 min read

Commentary: 1990s-style tough-on-crime approach wrong for juvenile justice

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

Susan Vivian Mangold

May 31, 20243 min read

Gov. Moore, veto Maryland’s juvenile justice reform bill | GUEST COMMENTARY

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

Alex Piquero and Heather Warnken

Apr 9, 20244 min read

Baltimore Banner: Lawmakers’ crime plan expands probation, would mean more children face charges

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

Brenda Wintrode and Pamela Wood

Jan 31, 20243 min read

Adnan Syed: Maryland prosecutions of children in adult court must end

Adnan Syed and Melissa Miller For The Baltimore Banner Published 3/10/2023 9:00 a.m. EST The racist and ineffective practice of...

Adnan Syed and Melissa Miller

Mar 10, 20233 min read

Baltimore Sun: Maryland’s juvenile cases should begin in juvenile court | GUEST COMMENTARY

By Logan Seacrest and Jillian Snider For The Baltimore Sun Published: Mar 06, 2023 at 8:50 am Under a bill in the Maryland General...

Logan Seacrest and Jillian Snider

Mar 6, 20233 min read