Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) and Maryland Public Defender Natasha Dartigue said some people view their offices as adversarial because of their different missions in the criminal justice system.
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Roughly 71% of incarcerated people are Black in Maryland, a state that is roughly one-third Black. That “staggering” figure is the worst in the country, according to Attorney General Anthony Brown. He and the state’s chief public defender, Natasha Dartigue, announced Wednesday that the two offices — often adversarial in the courtroom — will partner in a new collaborative designed to tackle the .