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Md. General Assembly passes proposed Justice Reinvestment Act
The General Assembly has passed massive legislation to alter the way Maryland’s criminal justice system treats non-violent offenders from a tool of punishment to a gateway to treatment.
Md. House gives preliminary approval to ‘justice reinvestment’ bill
The House of Delegates on Friday took a major step toward a final-week-of-the-session confrontation with the Senate over massive legislation to alter the way Maryland’s criminal justice system treats non-violent offenders: as a gateway to treatment rather than as a tool for punishment.
Md.’s sweeping ‘Justice Reinvestment’ measure hotly debated
Competing 80-plus-page bills before the Senate and House would require a cultural change in the way Marylanders view criminal justice, not as a tool of punishment for non-violent crime but as a recipe for treatment.
