The Judicial Proceedings Committee (JPR) held its Friday vote on Hogan’s mandatory minimum bill and may vote on it early this week. Continue to call and email members of the committee. Urge them not to move any bills with sentence enhancements or mandatory minimums in them. Urge the Judicial Proceedings Committee to VOTE NO on SB 273.
At 8:30am on Friday, Feb 28. 2020, JPR will have a voting session which will include Hogan’s crime bill, SB 273, which contains sentence enhancements. This is the same failed policy that cast a wider net of mass incarceration, but no evidence that this will stop violence in Baltimore. Urge the Judicial Proceedings Committee to […]
The fight for Bail Reform in Maryland is coming down to the wire towards the end of the 2017 General Assembly. With new things happening everyday, its important that we give you accurate/updated information. Check back to this post daily to get updates on bail reform. Countdown Until the end of the 2017 MD […]
Over the past couple of weeks, our bail reform effort has become tremendously controversial. Our bill, HB 1390 / SB 880 has been heard both in the Maryland House and the Senate. There is a rival bill that has emerged – HB 1215 / SB 983 – which is a bill essentially written by the bail bonds […]
We have been working diligently on bail reform in MD. Before we launch into the general update about where we are in Annapolis we want to remind you of what is at stake and why bail reform is necessary for Maryland. There is a fundamental contradiction in the criminal justice system: The accused are innocent […]
Members of Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle have often stressed the importance of having those most directly impacted lead legislative efforts on the issues which impact their lives. This is especially important in the context of bail reform. Black communities are disproportionately represented in the ranks of people detained not for being found guilty of […]