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.
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The Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service and the Anne Arundel Pro Bono Committee are sponsoring a FREE Expungement and Shielding Clinic next week at the Glen Burnie Regional Library. No registration is required. The volunteer attorneys will provide FREE legal assistance and information concerning the expungement or shielding of criminal records.
When? Tuesday, January 26, 2016 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Where? Glen Burnie Regional Library, 1010 Eastway, Glen Burnie, Maryland
For more information about the FREE clinic, please contact the Law Library at (410) 222-1387. You can also reach us via email at lawlibrary@aacounty.org or via fax at (410) 268-9762.
To learn more about expungement and expungement resources, check out these articles on the Maryland People’s Law Library, our wiki page and our past blog posts! In addition, the Maryland Courts website includes information on how to expunge your records.
In the most recent edition of the Guidelines E-News (Vol9 No2-June 2014) the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy announced the availability of an online Sentencing Guidelines Calculator Tool.
The Maryland Automated Guidelines System (MAGS) designed by the Commission is now in use in the Montgomery County Circuit Court and the Calvert County Circuit Court. The calculator is now available to anyone who would like to use it.
The newsletter provides detailed instructions in its use. Access is provided on the Commission’s website through the Quick Links list on the left-hand side of the page: http://msccsp.org/
The most recent issue (Vol. 7, No. 1) of the Guidelines E-News published by the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy reports on the revised Guidelines Offense Table, Appendix A of the Maryland Sentencing Guidelines Manual. The revisions contain two new offenses added to the table as a result of legislation from the 2011 Session regarding manslaughter and weapon crimes. These offenses are in addition to the five offenses added in November.
The Maryland Sentencing Guidelines are also available in COMAR at 14.22.01 -.02.
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