Criminal Justice

Adnan Syed emerges from the courthouse on Sept. 19, 2022, after Baltimore Judge Melissa Phinn threw out his murder conviction, in light of new evidence that someone else could have strangled Hae Min Lee.

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The Adnan Syed case: analysis with UBalt Law Prof. David Jaros

Tom Hall

Tuesday's appellate court reinstatement of Syed's 2000 murder conviction, four months after it was vacated by another judge, has raised new questions about the case, and how justice is being served. Legal scholar David Jaros shares his insight.

Former President Donald Trump gestures as he departs Trump Tower, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in New York, on his way to the New York attorney general's office for a deposition in a civil investigation. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

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Trump's legal reckoning: analysis with UB law professor Kim Wehle

Tom Hall

With six potential criminal and civil indictments now hanging over him, former president Donald Trump is facing greater legal jeopardy than ever before. Former Assistant US Attorney Kim Wehle joins us to explain the legal morass, and why these prosecutions matter in a nation of laws.

Daniel L. Hatcher is Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore where he teaches a Civil Advocacy Clinic in which law students represent low-income clients. He is author of Injustice, Inc.: How America's Justice System Commodifies Children and the Poor (UC Press) and The Poverty Industry: The Exploitation of America's Most Vulnerable Citizens (NYU Press). (photos credit UC Press)

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Daniel Hatcher's "Injustice, Inc." targets our profit-driven courts

Tom Hall

In his new book, the UBalt law professor argues that our criminal justice system is corruptly structured to earn revenue from the processing and incarceration of children and the poor.

Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby arrives in court flanked by her attorney, A. Scott Bolden, left, and husband, City Council President Nick Mosby.

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Marilyn Mosby trial news: Analysis with UBalt Law Prof. David Jaros

Tom Hall

New developments at the former State's Attorney's federal trial on financial fraud and perjury charges have challenged her legal defense team. Prof. Jaros explains.

Erek L. Barron was appointed by President Biden in 2021 as the 49th US Attorney for the District of Maryland. He is the first African American to serve as the top federal law enforcement official in the state. He previously served six years as a MD Delegate and was a State's Attorney for Prince George's County and Baltimore City. (official photo)

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Newsmaker: Erek L. Barron, US Attorney for the District of MD

Tom Hall

The Biden appointee, a year on the job as the first Black US Attorney for MD, discusses how his background as a state lawmaker and a city, county and federal prosecutor guides his fight against crime in Baltimore and across the state.

(L-R) Heather Warnken directs UBalt Law's Center for Criminal Justice Reform; Lydia Watts is the executive director of University of MD, Baltimore's "Rebuild, Overcome and Rise" (ROAR) Center. (UBaltLaw/UMB photos)

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Heather Warnken, Lydia Watts on helping Baltimore's crime victims

Tom Hall

The two social activist lawyers discuss their efforts - through Warnken's Center for Criminal Justice Reform (UBalt Law) and Watts's "Rebuild, Overcome and Rise" (ROAR) Center (UMB) - to better assist Baltimore communities and individuals victimized by violent crime.

Maggie Haberman is a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter who has been covering Donald Trump's unprecedented social and political career for decades. (photo by Doug Mills/cover art courtesy Penguin Random House)

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"Confidence Man": NYT's Maggie Haberman on Donald Trump's rise

Tom Hall

In her new book, the veteran reporter chronicles Trump's origins and his relentless - and continuing - pursuit of celebrity and power.

Bill Keller is a Pulitzer Prize-winning former NY Times journalist and the founding editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project, an independent news group that focuses on US criminal justice and prison issues. His new book is published by Columbia University's Columbia Global Reports. (courtesy photo)

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"What's Prison For?": Bill Keller's critique of US mass incarceration

Tom Hall

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and founding editor of the Marshall Project discusses his new book about America's dysfunctional prison system.

Lydia Watts executive director of University of Maryland’s Rebuild, Overcome, and Rise Center, a nonprofit that works with victims of violence and their families speaks during a recent Baltimore City council hearing.

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Baltimore City leaders promise to treat victims of violence better one year after scathing report

Bethany Raja

The Baltimore City report created in conjunction with The Department of Justice recommends more compassion and transparency for victims of violence.

Adnan Syed, center, leaves the Cummings Courthouse in Baltimore on Monday. A judge has ordered the release of Syed after overturning his conviction for a 1999 murder that was chronicled in the hit podcast <em>Serial</em>.

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Adnan Syed attorney Erica Suter on justice & the Innocence Project

Tom Hall

Syed's defense attorney discusses his release Monday after 23 years in prison, and the work of the Innocence Project, a collaboration between UBalt School of Law and the Maryland Office of the Public Defender.