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The “Los Angeles Times” has chronicled the subversive presence of deputy gangs within the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. A problem for many years…

Children in fatherless families are more likely to gravitate toward gangs. They lack role models and encouragement for education and serious employment prospects. 

The Democratic supermajority in the Maryland General Assembly has recoiled at Republican calls for tough-on-crime legislation for years, stopping bills that would increase sentences for certain violent crimes before they could reach former Gov. Larry Hogan’s desk.

The Democratic supermajority in the Maryland General Assembly has recoiled at Republican calls for tough-on-crime legislation for years, stopping bills that would increase sentences for certain violent crimes before they could reach former Gov. Larry Hogan’s desk.

The Maryland Republican caucus is pushing crime-fighting measures in the General Assembly, including bills that would address juvenile violence.

D.C. has seen a sharp increase in carjackings amind a trading TikTok “challenge” that shows people how to steal Kias and Hyundais.

Federal, state, and local leaders in Maryland are working across agencies to prevent violence and keep the public safe.

Former Baltimore City States Attorney Marilyn Mosbys trial for federal perjury and mortgage fraud has been delayed again after her defense team quits, and is now slated for November 2.

Baltimore's new state's attorney needs a quick course on the harm to the Black community caused by mandatory sentencing.

Ivan Bates said Wednesday that he was giving more weight to community concerns than to research showing longer sentences don’t actually deter crime.