Suspension from school can continue to be regarded as a probation violation for juvenile offenders, Maryland’s top court ruled.

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Suspension from school should no longer be regarded as a probation violation for juvenile offenders because it cedes a judicial function to the discretion of school administrators whose vague standards of behavior warranting suspension are often imposed disproportionately on Black ...

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Citing the legislature’s desire to prevent overdose deaths, Maryland’s second highest court ruled Wednesday that people cannot be prosecuted for violating probation if they were discovered using drugs because a concerned bystander made an emergency call to police.

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