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 Tuesday, Apr 10 The Maryland General Assembly's response to record violence in Baltimore, given final approval Monday, has raised deep-seated questions about forgiveness and justice. Lawmakers reached compromises on expungements and harsher sentences as it works to stem a surge in homicides. |
| The Maryland General Assembly has unanimously passed Del. Brooke Lierman’s legislation that makes it illegal for police officers to have sex with people in their custody. |
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| It has been a year since a federal judge signed the consent decree between Baltimore and the U.S. Department of Justice into an order of the court mandating sweeping local police reforms. What progress has been made? |
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| Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa said he is considering removing the investigation into Det. Sean Suiter’s death from his department’s homicide unit entirely, because having them investigate their friend and colleague’s death was “unfair” from the start. |
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| Baltimore Police Commissioner Darryl De Sousa said he is close to signing an agreement with a six-member panel — including two former Baltimore police detectives — to investigate the unsolved death of Det. Sean Suiter. |
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| An independent city agency that reviews complaints against police has found that four Baltimore officers used excessive force in the 2015 shooting of a suspect, Keith Davis Jr., and his attorneys are now calling for his charges to be dismissed. |
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| Police officials said they fear the fatal shooting of a mother and daughter in their West Baltimore home “really ramps up the level of retaliation big time” — and could spur additional violence. |
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| A Circuit Court judge vacated the manslaughter conviction of Umar Burley based on new evidence uncovered through a corruption investigation into the Baltimore Police Gun Trace Task Force. |
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