Parole reform

Agent Davis Martinez is the first agent to be killed in the line of duty in Maryland.

The bill would cut the governor out of the parole process for lifers

One bill removes the governor from the parole approval process. The other eliminates life sentences without the possibility of parole for juveniles.

Legislation passed by the state Senate Monday would remove the governor from the parole process. The House passed a similar bill earlier this month.

The Maryland Senate has given preliminary approval to a bill barring judges from sentencing juveniles to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

The House of Delegates approved and sent to the Senate Thursday a bill that would cut the governor out of the parole process for inmates serving life…

The House of Delegates gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a bill that would take the governor out of the parole process for inmates serving life…