ANNAPOLIS — Legislation under consideration in the Maryland General Assembly would add attempted carjacking and attempted armed carjacking to the list of offenses that juveniles at least 16 years of age can be charged with as adults.
Current Maryland law states that juvenile courts have jurisdiction in those cases, but Senate Bill 248 would transfer those offenses to the Maryland crcuit courts unless a "reverse waiver," a transfer into the juvenile courts, is filed by a defense attorney and granted by a judge.
Lead sponsor Sen. Robert Cassilly, R-Harford, sponsored identical legislation last year, but it was voted down in the Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee. A similar House bill was withdrawn last year.
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9 comments:
wait...wut? Somebody actually submitted a Bill to hold criminals responsible?!?! Seriously?!?! OMG
It won’t get through unfortunately. Since most carjackings committed by juveniles are black, that means it “disparately impacts” blacks. Nevermind they disparately commit certain crimes.
Nah it'll never happen if the car jackers come from the ghetto.
That's an awful constraint to Baltimore City.
Joe, Is it true that the Wicomico Republican Central Committee nominated an 18 year old gay college kid to head it as chair as has thrown the Wicomico Republican party into chaos?
An average of 35,000 completed and attempted carjackings occurred each year in the United States between 1987 and 1992. In 52 percent of the carjackings the offender succeeded in stealing the victim's motor vehicle. Men were more likely than women and African-Americans were more likely than whites to be victimized by carjacking. Persons aged 35 or older were less likely than younger people to become carjacking victims. Nine in 10 completed carjackings were reported to the police, compared to 6 in 10 attempts. Most carjacking victims escaped without injury. Victims were injured in 24 percent of the completed carjackings and 18 percent of attempted carjackings. Offenders used a weapon in 77 percent of all attempted and completed carjackings. Carjackings were more likely to occur in the evening or at night and away from the victim's home. Offenders between the ages of 21 and 29 committed approximately half of all completed carjackings. Victims identified offenders' race as white in 32 percent of carjackings, African-American in 49 percent, and Asian or American Indian in 6 percent. Men committed 87 percent of all carjackings. About half (54 percent) of all completed or attempted carjackings were committed by groups of two or more offenders. Forty-one percent were committed by lone offenders. Suburbanites were less likely than residents of a central city and more likely than rural residents to be victims of a completed or attempted carjacking.
Northwest Woodsman: Ok 7:33, where did your statistics originate. I am retired but still work for and have access to Bureau information and access to Law EnforcementOnline (LEO) and I have not seen your information anywhere. I particularly question the 32% white and 49% black perps. Seems like from what I have seen, the black percentage should be higher.
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Northwest Woodsman: Ok 7:33, where did your statistics originate. I am retired but still work for and have access to Bureau information and access to Law EnforcementOnline (LEO) and I have not seen your information anywhere. I particularly question the 32% white and 49% black perps. Seems like from what I have seen, the black percentage should be higher.
March 3, 2020 at 11:45 AM
If using a pc highlight some of the text and do a search. taa-daa
Seems like from what I have seen, the black percentage should be higher.
March 3, 2020 at 11:45 AM
What have you seen that makes you think black % should be higher?
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