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Judges

In bail hearings, the judge listens to the Defense, the Officer of Pretrial Services, and the State (aka “the prosecutor”) and then makes a decision on whether or not the defendant’s pretrial living conditions need to change. For example, the judge can decide to keep the defendant in jail until they have to appear in court for trial or let them go home with an ankle monitor.

During all bail hearings, all defendants are legally innocent.

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Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “August 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bond (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 42.4% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box" in 39.0% of the hearings; Released on Own Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home until trial but had to check in with someone" in 13.6% of the hearings; Given another outcome in 5.1% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 59 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in August 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Aug 2023 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “August 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In over 2 out of every 5 hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 59 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in August 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Aug 2023 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “August 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in August 2023:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting & the columns being each individual judge & the # of times they ordered any given outcome.
Aug 2023 – judge comparison
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “July 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bond (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 36.4% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box" in 47.7% of the hearings; Released on Own Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home until trial but had to check in with someone" in 11.4% of the hearings; Given another outcome in 4.6% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 44 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in July 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
July 2023 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “July 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In over 1 out of every 3 hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 44 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in July 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
July 2023 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “July 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in July 2023:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting & the columns being each individual judge & the # of times they ordered any given outcome.
July 2023 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “June 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bond (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 39.3% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box" in 46.4% of the hearings; Released on Own Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home until trial but had to check in with someone" in 5.4% of the hearings; Given another outcome in 8.9% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 56 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in June 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
June 2023 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “June 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In almost 2 out of every 5 hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 56 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in June 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
June 2023 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “June 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in June 2023:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting & the columns being each individual judge & the # of times they ordered any given outcome.
June 2023 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “May 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bond (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 41.9% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box" in 32.6% of the hearings; Released on Own Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home until trial but had to check in with someone" in 14.0% of the hearings; Given another outcome in 11.6% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 43 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in May 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
May 2023 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “May 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In over 2 out of every 5 hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 43 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in May 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
May 2023 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “May 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in May 2023:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting & the columns being each individual judge & the # of times they ordered any given outcome.
May 2023 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “April 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bond (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 39.1% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box" in 54.3% of the hearings; Released on Own Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home until trial but had to check in with someone" in 4.3% of the hearings; Given another outcome in 2.2% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 46 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Apr 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
April 2023 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “April 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In almost 2 out of every 5 hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 46 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Apr 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
April 2023 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “April 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in Apr 2023:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting & the columns being each individual judge & the # of times they ordered any given outcome. Judge Ausby ordered HWOB 26.0% of the time, Dorsey ordered it 60.0%, Panos ordered it 63.6%, and Unknown ordered it 20.0%. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 46 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Apr 2023.”
April 2023 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “March 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bond (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 37.7% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box" in 37.7% of the hearings; Released on Own Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home until trial but had to check in with someone" in 11.3% of the hearings; Given another outcome in 13.2% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 53 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Mar 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Mar 2023 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “March 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In over one out of every three hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 53 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Mar 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Mar 2023 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “March 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in Mar 2023:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting & the columns being each individual judge & the # of times they ordered any given outcome. Judge Ausby ordered HWOB 33.3% of the time, Panos ordered it 64.3%, and Schiffer ordered it 25.9%. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 53 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Mar 2023.”
Mar 2023 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “February 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bond (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 36.1% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box" in 55.6% of the hearings; Released on Own Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home until trial but had to check in with someone" in 2.8% of the hearings; Given another outcome in 5.6% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 36 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Feb 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Feb 2023 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “February 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In over one out of every three hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 36 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Feb 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Feb 2023 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “February 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in Feb 2023:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting & the columns being each individual judge & the # of times they ordered any given outcome. Judge Ausby ordered HWOB 11.1% of the time, Dorsey 16.7%, Panos ordered it 85.7%, and Schiffer ordered it 35.7%. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 36 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Feb 2023.”
Feb 2023 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “January 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bond (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 42.5% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box" in 47.5% of the hearings; Released on Own Recognizance (ROR) "sent home until trial" in 5.0% of the hearings; Given another outcome in 5.0% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 40 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Jan 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Jan 2023 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “January 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In over two out of every five hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 40 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Jan 2023; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Jan 2023 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper right corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. The title of the square is, “January 2023 Month in Review - Judges." The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in Jan 2023:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting & the columns being each individual judge & the # of times they ordered any given outcome. Judge Ausby ordered HWOB 23.8% of the time, Panos ordered it 75.0%, Schiffer ordered it 40.0%, and an unknown judge 66.7%. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 40 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Jan 2023.”
Jan 2023 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts." The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Dec 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bond (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 40.0% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box" in 50.8% of the hearings; Released on Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home but they have to check in with someone" in 3.1% of the hearings; Given another outcome in 6.1% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 65 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Dec 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
December 2022 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts." The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Dec 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In about two out of every five hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 65 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Dec 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
December 2022 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts." The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Dec 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in Dec 2022:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting & the columns being each individual judge & the # of times they ordered any given outcome. Judge Hong ordered HWOB 25% of the time, Jackson ordered it 35.1%, Sampson ordered it 12.5%, and Schiffer 68.8%. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 65 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Dec 2022.”
December 2022 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts." The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Nov 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bond (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 67.3% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box" in 22.4% of the hearings; Released on Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home but they have to check in with someone" in 6.1% of the hearings; Given another outcome in 4.0% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 49 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Nov 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Nov 2022 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts." The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Nov 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In over two out of every three hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 49 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Nov 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Nov 2022 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts." The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Nov 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in Nov 2022"
Nov 2022 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts." The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Oct 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bond (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 45.1% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box" in 47.1% of the hearings; Held in the same conditions and the hearing be postponed in 3.9% of the hearings; Given another outcome in 3.9% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 51 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Oct 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
October 2022 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts." The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Oct 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In almost half of the hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 51 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Oct 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
October 2022 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts." The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Oct 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in Oct 2022:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting & the columns being each individual judge & the # of times they ordered any given outcome. Judge Hong ordered HWOB 57.1% of the time and Judge Jackson ordered it 30.4% of the time. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 51 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Oct 2022.
October 2022 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts." The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Sept 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bond (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 36.8% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box" in 47.4% of the hearings; Held in the same conditions and the hearing be postponed in 14.0% of the hearings; Released on Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home but they have to check in with someone" in 1.8% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 57 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Sept 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Sept 2022 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts." The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Sept 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In over 1 out of every 3 hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 57 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Sept 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Sept 2022 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts." The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Sept 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in Sept 2022:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting & the columns being each individual judge & the # of times they ordered any given outcome. Judge Copeland ordered HWOB 40% of the time, Hong 50%, Jackson 23.8%, Jones 66.7%, and Lundquist 0%. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 57 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Sept 2022.”
Sept 2022 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Aug 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bond (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 64.0% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box" in 26.0% of the hearings; Released on Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home but they have to check in with someone" in 4.0% of the hearings; Other "given another outcome or that the hearing be postponed or held sub curia" in 6.0% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 50 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Aug 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Aug 2022 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Aug 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In almost 2 out of every 3 hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 50 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Aug 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
Aug 2022 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “Aug 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in Aug 2022:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting & the columns being each individual judge & the # of times they ordered any given outcome. Judge Hong ordered HWOB 54.5% of the time, Judge Jones ordered HWOB 63.9% of the time, and Judge Lundquist 100%. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 50 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Aug 2022.”
Aug 2022 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “July 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bail (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 35.1% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box” in 57.9% of the hearings; Released on Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home but they have to check in with someone" in 5.3% of the hearings; Released on Own Recognizance (ROR) in 1.8% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 57 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in July 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
July 2022 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “July 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In over 1 out of every 3 hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 57 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in July 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
July 2022 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “July 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in July 2022:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting and the columns being each individual judge and the # of times they ordered any given outcome. Judge Hong ordered HWOB in 50.0% of her hearings and Judge Jackson ordered HWOB in 31.1% of his hearings. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 57 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in July 2022.”
July 2022 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “June 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bail (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 40.3% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box” in 46.8% of the hearings; Released on Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home but they have to check in with someone" in 9.7% of the hearings; given another outcome or that the hearing be postponed or held sub curia in 3.2% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 62 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in June 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
June 2022 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “June 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In 2 out of every 5 hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 62 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in June 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
June 2022 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “June 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in June 2022:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting and the columns being each individual judge and the # of times they ordered any given outcome. Judge Hong ordered HWOB 62.5% of the time, and Judge Jackson ordered HWOB 39% of the time. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 62 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in June 2022.”
June 2022 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “May 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bail (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 60.9% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box” in 28.1% of the hearings; Released on Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home but they have to check in with someone" in 3.1% of the hearings; given another outcome or that the hearing be postponed or held sub curia in 7.9% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 64 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in May 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
May 2022 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “May 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In 3 out of every 5 hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 64 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in May 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
May 2022 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “May 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in May 2022:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting and the columns being each individual judge and the # of times they ordered any given outcome. Judge Hong ordered HWOB in 42.9% of her hearings and Judge Copeland ordered HWOB in 76% of her hearings. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 64 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in May 2022.”
May 2022 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “April 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bail (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 54.7% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box” in 36.0% of the hearings; Released on Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home but they have to check in with someone" in 3.5% of the hearings; given another outcome or that the hearing be postponed or held sub curia in 5.8% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 86 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Apr 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
April 2022 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “April 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In over half of the hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 86 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Apr 2022; NOTE: Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding”
April 2022 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “April 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in Feb 2022:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each specific detention setting and the columns being each individual judge and the # of times they ordered any given outcome. Judge Jackson ordered HWOB in 36.7% of his hearings and Judge Copeland ordered HWOB in 84.6% of her hearings. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 86 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Apr 2022.” Description of the table itself will be outlined in the next tweet due to character limits.
April 2022 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “March 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bail (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 55.6% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box” in 35.6% of the hearings; Released on Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home but they have to check in with someone" in 4.4% of the hearings; given another outcome or that the hearing be postponed or held sub curia in 4.4% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 135 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Mar 2022.”
March 2022 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “March 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In over half of the hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 135 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Mar 2022.”
March 2022 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “March 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in Feb 2022:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each individual judge and the columns being the # of times they ordered each specific detention setting. Judge Jackson ordered HWOB in 46.3% of his hearings and Judge Peters ordered HWOB in 73.3% of their hearings. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 135 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Mar 2022.”
March 2022 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “February 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bail (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 65.3% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box” in 29.5% of the hearings; Released on Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home but they have to check in with someone" in 3.5% of the hearings; given another outcome or that the hearing be postponed or held sub curia in 1.7% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 173 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Feb 2022.”
February 2022 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “February 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In almost 2 out of every 3 hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 173 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Feb 2022.”
February 2022 – visual
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “February 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “Judicial discretion refers to a judge's power to make a decision based on his or her individualized evaluation, guided by the principles of law." Here is how that played out in Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings in Feb 2022:" Then, it shows a table with the rows being each individual judge and the columns being the # of times they ordered each specific detention setting. Judge Jackson ordered HWOB in 54.05% of his hearings and Judge Hong ordered HWOB in 86% of her hearings. The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 173 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Feb 2022.”
February 2022 – judge comparisons
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “January 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square reads: “This month, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judges ordered that the defendant be: Held Without Bail (HWOB) "kept in jail" in 60.9% of the hearings; Sent home with Electronic Monitoring (EM) "put on The Box” in 26.7% of the hearings; Released on Recognizance with Supervision (ROR S) "sent home but they have to check in with someone" in 3.7% of the hearings; given another outcome or that the hearing be postponed or held sub curia in 8.7% of the hearings.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 161 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Jan 2022.”
January 2022 – text
Black text on a yellow square. Upper left corner is the Baltimore Courtwatch logo of an eyeball with sunrays and the name Baltimore Courtwatch. Upper right corner is the tagline, “Shining a light in the dark corners of Baltimore City’s courts. The title of the square is, “Month in Review - Judges” with “January 2022” in a separate bubble. The body of the square is a bar graph showing the data from the previous square and text saying, “In more than 3 out of every 5 hearings, the judges ordered someone to live in a cage.” The footnote says, “DATA FROM: 161 observed Baltimore City Circuit Court bail hearings that occurred in Jan 2022.”
January 2022 – visual

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