Criminal Justice

Lawmakers passed the bill over concerns about the state budget.

More than a dozen former students are suing the school.

Law enforcement officials Wednesday announced arrests related to a drug operation running out of South Baltimore’s Curtis Bay neighborhood.

The bill allows inmates who have served at least 20 years to ask a judge to shorten their remaining sentence.

Midday focuses on Maryland's problems with bail reform. We hear from The Garrison Project, an independent journalism organization investigating mass incarceration and freelance reporter Maddi O'Neill.

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.

Some youth in Maryland spend more than a year in adult jails before seeing their day in court. Without a fix, the state may lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal funding every year.

State lawmakers are considering a measure that would significantly reduce the number of youth the state charges in adult courts.

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.

Chris Bendann, a former teacher at the Gilman School, will learn his fate on Tuesday in federal court.