Rights advocates on Monday applauded U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey for taking a “bold step toward healing and justice” by introducing the Justice for Breonna Taylor Act, which would ban nationwide the kind of no-knock warrants that led to the 26-year-old woman’s death in 2020. Nearly four years to the day …
Read More »Virginia Governor Northam Signs Probation Reform Bill
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed a bill on Thursday that limits the amount of active incarceration a court can impose over probation violations. Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill joined the governor. “I’ll make sure I’ll be able to deliver and close every bridge I can to help fix the system because …
Read More »Maryland Passes Historic Police Reform Legislation; Repeals Police Bill Of Rights
The Maryland State legislature passed a historic police reform act over the weekend after the senate voted to overturn Governor Larry Hogan’s vetoes of the three bills in the act. The Maryland Police Accountability Act is made up of five bills. One of the bills repeals the Police Bill of …
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