Crime & Justice

by Fern Shen and Louis KraussMay 31, 2020

George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis draws an angry crowd in a city still hurting five years after the death of Freddie Gray.

Special SeriesMay 23, 2020

Lawyers, citing Covid-19 cases at Central Booking, ask for 100 inmates to be released

A legal motion alleges there has been insufficient testing at the Baltimore facility, whose population has recently increased.

Apr 20, 2020

Baltimore to pay $125,000 to man who spent 16 years wrongfully jailed

A murder confession was hidden by police and prosecutors during a trial that convicted a teenage boy.

Special SeriesApr 15, 2020

“We walk in there every day thinking we have this virus”

Correctional officers and inmates fear for their lives inside Maryland’s jails and prisons. Advocates, now including Maryland’s chief judge, urge Hogan to act.

Apr 14, 2020

A mother denounces Baltimore police car chase that left her son in a coma

No explanation yet from the BPD for what appears to be a high-speed chase that broke the department’s own rules and led to a crash with an innocent motorist.

Special SeriesApr 4, 2020

Concern at a Baltimore courthouse after two sheriff’s deputies test positive

An attorney worries about safety in the building, but Major Sabrina Tapp-Harper says cleaning and quarantining procedures have been followed.

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Mar 9, 2020

A fast-talking technology education advocate’s fall from grace

Special SeriesFeb 25, 2020

Despite questions about cost and effectiveness, Council approves security camera rebate bill

Feb 21, 2020

Investors defrauded out of millions by Baltimore rental management company, suit alleges

Feb 13, 2020

Pratt says she was unaware of money laundered through the boutique she co-owned with Pugh

Special SeriesJan 2, 2020

Victims tell their stories, while city offers unchanged “gag order” stance

Dec 23, 2019

Baltimore legislator who resigned last week is charged today with bribery

Special SeriesDec 19, 2019

Solicitor says Baltimore is ending “gag orders,” but won’t put it in writing

Special SeriesDec 4, 2019

Young won’t enforce the “gag order” law that the City Council passed

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Nov 23, 2019

Pugh’s bagman operated with impunity in Baltimore’s political culture

Nov 21, 2019

Are you guilty? The plea was “yes,” but Catherine Pugh’s gestures said “no”

Nov 20, 2019

A tangled web of deceit and personal enrichment alleged in Catherine Pugh indictment

Oct 31, 2019

$8 million for injured cadet among city’s largest settlements

Oct 7, 2019

City Council tentatively passes bill to end police “gag orders”

Sep 18, 2019

City solicitor, under fire for defending gag orders, decries people “who want to put us down”

Sep 17, 2019

Tales of beatings and terror as City Council advances bill to end police misconduct “gag” clauses

Sep 16, 2019

ACLU calls Young’s executive order on police misconduct gag orders “a sham”

Aug 29, 2019

Baltimore won’t pursue “gag order” case to the Supreme Court

Aug 22, 2019

Employee who posted racist, anti-Semitic tweets “no longer employed by City of Baltimore”