Holding juveniles accountable for their crimes andJuveniles are quite mature when it comes to evaluating the risk of punishment, just as they know the market price of illicit drugs. They are not ingenues. In law enforcement, better to be feared than loved. offenses means that you teach them to take responsibility for their actions and accept the consequences of what they've done.

But I discovered DJS commonly disregards its own scoring system and releases juveniles back into the community in violation of its own publi

I’m really proud of the fact that these laws are now being enacted because this took work and that’s exactly what was required.

The problem is, those tasked with being the gatekeepers on whether or not a juvenile is charged or diverted are unqualified non-attorneys in

February 20, 2024 | www.baltimoresun.com/ Juvenile crime has been the subject of intense debate over the past few years, as Maryland has...

PUBLISHED: February 14, 2024 at 9:59 a.m. | UPDATED: February 14, 2024 at 12:22 p.m. The public education system in Baltimore City has...

February 6, 2024 | www.baltimoresun.com Gov. Wes Moore, shown here at speaking at the State House in January, recently released a plan to...