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Criminal justice bills in 2023 will address juvenile, drug, immigration laws
November’s election changed the Maryland General Assembly's composition but much of the criminal justice legislation this coming session will be very familiar.
Frosh panel seeks right to counsel in evictions, end to body attachments
A task force created by Maryland’s attorney general urged the General Assembly Monday to provide a right to counsel for low-income tenants in eviction proceedings and outlaw the courts’ statutory […]
Rules change aims to prevent unknowing debtors from facing arrest
The Court of Appeals enacted a piece of consumer debt collection reform earlier this month when it made it harder to have someone arrested for failing to show up at a […]
ACLU, consumer rights advocates call for debt collection reform
A nationwide report on debt collection practices found Maryland judges are issuing arrest warrants for debtors who owe relatively small amounts and who fail to show up to court, often because they […]
