Efforts to reform Maryland’s juvenile justice system and stop the proliferation of “ghost guns” will be a focus of criminal law legislation in the coming Maryland General Assembly session.

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Maryland’s top court rejected a proposal to give circuit court judges discretion to reduce the life sentences of convicts who committed their crimes before age 25 and who have served at least 24 years in prison.

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Maryland’s top court on Monday returned to the state judiciary’s rules committee a proposal to give circuit court judges discretion to reduce the life sentences of convicts who committed their crimes before reaching age 25 and who have served at ...

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Cellphone searches, juvenile justice and race bias round out roundup.

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