Executive Director, Center for Criminal Justice Reform, University of Baltimore School of Law @UBalt_CCJR. Formerly @TheJusticeDept @BerkeleyLaw. Views my own.
Mar 29, 2023 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Such important work by @lakeidrachavis & @geoffhing, and a must-read for those considering a bill currently before the MD General Assembly to increase incarceration penalties for possession of an unlicensed firearm (the entirety of the Baltimore SAO’s legislative agenda). #MDGA23
This approach will harm communities while not improving public safety, & this reporting explores some key facets of how & why. Those opposing the bill have been sounding alarm re this worsening racial disparities in MD: already 1st in the US in its overincarceration of Black men.
