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7/25/23
SIX MONTHS INTO BATES’ TENURE, IT’S TIME TO LOOK AT THE DATA.
6/27/23
FREEDOM FOR ALL IN THE UNITED STATES IS STILL A LONG WAY OFF.
6/13/23
REPRESSION OF #STOPCOPCITY RINGS FAMILIAR IN BALTIMORE
IN BALTIMORE, WE CAN LOOK TO THE POWER AND DETERMINATION OF THE STOP COP CITY MOVEMENT FOR INSPIRATION.
5/30/23
SAFETY FOR TRANS PEOPLE CANNOT BE FOUND IN CAGES
IN APRIL, A TRANSGENDER WOMAN NAMED CHELSEA GILLIAM SUED THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES.
4/17/23
IN MARYLAND, THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY — MORE THAN 80 PERCENT — OF CHILDREN AUTOMATICALLY CHARGED AS ADULTS ARE BLACK.
3/21/23
COURTWATCH VOLUNTEERS OBSERVED, COLLECTED, AND ENTERED DATA FROM 3,645 BALTIMORE CITY CIRCUIT COURT BAIL REVIEW HEARINGS THROUGHOUT 2021 AND 2022.
3/6/23
COURTROOMS ARE THEATERS; LAWYERS AND JUDGES PERFORM THEIR ROLES AND SAY THEIR PIECES.
2/21/23
FOR 500 WEEKS, THE CITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE REFUSED TO TAKE THE WEST FAMILY’S DEMANDS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY SERIOUSLY.
2/7/23
BECAUSE OF VIRTUAL ACCESS, COURTWATCHERS IN BALTIMORE AND OTHER PLACES CAN GENERATE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF DATA AND PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.
1/24/23
BALTIMORE COURTWATCH: THE MYTH OF THE PERFECT VICTIM
REQUIRING A PERSON EXPERIENCING VIOLENCE TO PROVE THEY DID NOT “DESERVE” IT IS AN AGE-OLD JUSTIFICATION TACTIC.
1/10/23
OUT IS THE TWO-TERM “PROGRESSIVE PROSECUTOR” MARILYN MOSBY, IN IS A MAN WHO HAS NEVER CLAIMED TO BE THE LATTER.
11/28/22
JUDGES IGNORE MENTAL HEALTH AND TRAUMA IN BALTIMORE BOND HEARINGS.
11/15/22
THE JUDICIARY WIELDS UNCHECKED POWER IN BALTIMORE COURTROOMS.
11/1/22
BALTIMORE RENT COURTS STACK THE DECK IN FAVOR OF LANDLORDS
TENANTS FACE UPHILL BATTLE TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES.
10/18/22
BALTIMORE COURTS DANGEROUS COVID-19 POLICIES
AS COVID-19 RAGED IN JAILS, COURTS TURNED A BLIND EYE.
10/4/22
BALTIMORE CITY PROSECUTORS’ ATTENDANCE PROBLEM
ABSENT ASSISTANT STATE’S ATTORNEYS MAKE JUSTICE HARD TO COME BY
9/20/22
BALTIMORE COPS SCROLL SOCIAL MEDIA AND CATFISH FOR SUSPECTS
IN BAIL REVIEW HEARINGS, A TROUBLED POLICE DEPARTMENT HOLDS THE CARDS.
9/7/22
BALTIMORE COURTWATCH’S AUGUST BAIL HEARING STATISTICS
PROSECUTORS ASKED THAT THE DEFENDANT BE HELD WITHOUT BOND, MEANING KEPT IN JAIL UNTIL THEIR TRIAL, ABOUT 82 PERCENT OF THE TIME.
8/23/22
NO ONE SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
8/9/22
BAIL REVIEW FOR JAN.-JUNE 2022 REVEALS FAR LESS FORGIVING CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THAN PUNDITS CLAIM
BALTIMORE COURTWATCH: WHAT WE DO, HOW WE DO IT, AND WHY WE DO IT