Baltimore City State's Attorney Ivan Bates

According to the Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative, Black Marylanders make up about 30% of the state’s overall population, yet 71% of people incarcerated in correctional facilities are Black.

With the move, Ivan Bates breaks from the previous administration of Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, whose office asked a judge to vacate Syed’s conviction.

Murders and nonfatal shootings are down in Baltimore, while arrests and prosecutions are up. State’s Attorney Ivan Bates sees success in that trend.

The Maryland General Assembly unanimously passed The Pava LaPere Act into law earlier this year. It prohibits automatic good time credits for people with first degree sex offense convictions.

Data from the Baltimore Police Department shows that roughly a quarter of juveniles arrested in the city are charged as adults.

City leaders held a news conference at Baltimore’s Police Headquarters Thursday, announcing the takedown of another drug organization operating in East Baltimore.

But, council members expressed concerns about incomplete data and wanted more breakdown as to whom and where citations were issued.

The sophomore councilman is ready for a promotion. He hopes voters elect him to Council President, the city’s second highest elected position.

Dixon’s main message is that she is going to get the city back on track, like how she says it was under her administration in the 2000s.

“The old way was broken” says Scott on crime and city services.