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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 ...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed a suite of justice reform bills into law Tuesday that will make it easier for long-serving ...
The new laws will make it easier for long-term inmates to apply for parole and for ex-inmates to expunge their criminal ...
The Washington, D.C., council recognized that fact and included a “universal second look” provision in the revised criminal ...
Maryland Gov. Moore signed nearly 150 bills into law​ Tuesday, including several that focus on criminal justice reform and improving public safety.
Gov. Wes Moore signed into law an expansion of Maryland’s expungement process, among other criminal justice bills.
The naming of H.B. 853 as the Second Look Act is a misnomer of epic proportions. Years ago, the folks who supplied seafood to restaurants and grocery stores figured out that the market for ...
Wes Moore for him to sign it into law. Senators passed the Second Look Act in 2024, but the measure stalled in the House of Delegates during the final days of session, which placed the onus on ...
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 ...
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 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 ...