Tag: courts and race

The Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy (MSCCSP) has issued a report An Assessment of Racial Differences in Maryland Guidelines-Eligible Sentencing Events. According to the MSCCSP announcement this report is the culmination of the MSCCSP’s analysis of race and sentencing which began in 2020 and its response to the DLS recommendation. It provides a descriptive analysis of racial and ethnic differences in Maryland sentencing for guidelines-eligible sentencing events in calendar years 2018 through 2020.