US EditionMaryland legislature approves Second Look Act, sends it to governor
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Maryland legislature approves Second Look Act, sends it to governor
Just hours after the Senate approved the Second Look Act, the House on Thursday quickly accepted Senate amendments to the bill that gives a second chance to long-serving incarcerated individuals and sent the measure to the governor for his signature. It capped months of emotional, and often personal, debate on House Bill 853, which critics said would bring needless new suffering to victims of crime, but supporters said would provide a deserved s…
Maryland's Second Look Act would give some inmates shorter prison sentences
Some people incarcerated in Maryland’s prisons may have a chance to have their sentences reduced through a bill being considered now. The Second Look Act would allow younger offenders who have served at least 20 years in prison to ask to judge to release them. The bill has sparked heated debate in Annapolis. “Second Look is not a get-out-of-jail free card. It is an assessment of the merit of the petition,” one person said in testimony. “To me, i…
Maryland Senate passes Second Look Act
A bill to allow select incarcerated individuals serving lengthy prison sentences to have early release hearings before a judge is inching closer to passage in the General Assembly, which adjourns in five days. The Maryland Second Look Act passed out of the Senate 31-16 on Thursday and now heads back for a floor vote in the House, where lawmakers will consider an amendment that would exclude offenders convicted of killing first responders from co…
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