Administration of Justice
Administration of Justice
- Administration of Justice- Action to secure an effective, nonpartisan judiciary and to promote fair and appropriate sentencing, including the abolition of the death penalty; and a correctional system, including probation and ot
- Justice Study Committee Met with Court Administrator- Three members of the Justice Study Committee met January 14.with Frank Broccolina, Court Administrator.
- GUNS- GUNS Two bills have been filed to date dealing with handguns and other firearms. LWVMD has a general position in favor of gun control.
Capital Punishment
- Fact Sheet: Death Penalty-
INTRODUCTION
- LWVMD Testimony in Strong Support of SB 645 Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Repeal-
- SB 645 Criminal Law - Death Penalty - Repeal
- Capital Punishment- Legislative Priority in 2007, 2008 The League supports the abolition of the death penalty in Maryland.
- Legislative Priorities- Download the 2008 Legislative Priorities Pamphlet!
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Corrections
- SB 145: Corrections Services – MDCorrectional Enterprises – Goods and Services
- Corrections Overview 2008-
- Corrections- LWVMD Supports
- CORRECTIONS- CORRECTIONS
Judiciary
- MD Government- For Maryland's website, visit www.maryland.gov.
- MD Judiciary: District Court, Small Claims, Cameras in Courtrooms-
SB 58 (Chairman, JPR Ctte.) and HB 87 (Chairman JUD Ctte.) – Both by request of the MD Judicial Conference) - District Court – Commissioners - Jurisdiction.
- Judiciary- Support for:
- a statewide uniform and unified judicial system.
- COURTS- COURTS
Juvenile Corrections
- Juvenile Corrections- LWVMD Supports
- the use of specialized judges, counseling services, and administration of juveniles cases, all geared to dealing with families.
- JUVENILE JUSTICE- JUVENILE JUSTICE
Sentencing
- HB 34 (Minnick) Violent Crimes and Sexual Offenses
- Mandatory Minimum Sentence-
- Sentencing- LWVMD has Support for: -sentencing based on the offense, the offender's previous record, aggravating or mitigating circumstances, and the impact on the victim.
- MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES- MANDATORY MINIMUM SENTENCES