Calvert Sheriff Agrees to Produce Overdue Policing Records Free-of-Charge, Pay Legal Fees to ACLU, After Appeals Court Rejects Government Position as “Sheer Nonsense”

Question E Ratification Secures Local Control of BPD, After a 12-year Campaign

ACLU, Allies Supporting Effective, Restorative Solutions for Children in Need of Support

ACLU, MCJPA Advocating to End Criminal Penalties for Marijuana

Calling for police transparency and accountability, the Maryland Coalition for Justice Police Accountability (MCJPA), the ACLU of Maryland, the Silver Spring Justice Coalition, and Vanderbilt Law School today held a press conference before a court hearing.

The ACLU priorities for the 2024 Session of the General Assembly are removing criminal penalties for marijuana, enacting independent investigatory powers for Police Accountability Boards, passing a Maryland Voting Rights Act, and defending the right of children to a lawyer.

Reforms Will Bring Greater Transparency and Accountability, in Memory of Eastern Shore Teenager Killed By Police

After more than a decade of advocacy by the people of Baltimore City to restore local control of the Baltimore City Police Department (BPD), we were about to clear the last bureaucratic hurdle during the 2023 session of the Maryland General Assembly, which concluded Monday.