2023
- Faculty Director
Prof. David Jaros
was quoted in a June 21
Daily Record
article about a state Supreme Court ruling on ballistics evidence.
- Faculty Director
Prof. David Jaros
was interviewed on
WBAL-TV News
on June 21 about a state Supreme Court ruling on ballistics evidence.
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Heather Warnken
, executive director, spoke with
The Baltimore Banner
for a June 5 article about the Baltimore Police consent decree.
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Prof. David Jaros
, faculty director, spoke to
The Baltimore Sun
for a June 1 story about a decision by the Baltimore state’s attorney to issue citations for petty crimes.
- Executive Director
Heather Warnken
was quoted in a May 26 story in
More Than Our Crimes
about crime-fighting policy.
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Heather Warnken
, executive director, was quoted in a May 16
Daily Record
article on the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s call for tougher gun penalties.
- Executive Director
Heather Warnken
was quoted in an April 26
Philadelphia Inquirer
story about when homicide victims' families investigate the crimes without police assistance.
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Heather Warnken
, executive director, was quoted in an April 17
Baltimore Beat article
on hot topics around Baltimore.
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Prof. David Jaros
, faculty director, was quoted in an April 14
Baltimore Banner
story on the special treatment Catholic priests received even when accused of sexual abuse.
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Heather Warnken
, executive director, was quoted in an April 13
Baltimore Banner
story about democratic priorities in the state legislature.
- Executive Director
Heather Warnken
was quoted in an April 10
Baltimore Sun
article about youth curfews as a remedy to curb violence against teenagers.
- Faculty Director
Prof. David Jaros
was quoted in an April 8
Baltimore Sun
article on how the Archdiocese of Baltimore covered up allegations of sex abuse by priests.
- Faculty Director
Prof. David Jaros
was a guest on
WYPR-FM'
s Midday with Tom Hall on Mar. 30 to discuss developments in the Adnan Syed case.
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Prof. David Jaros
, faculty director, was quoted in a Mar. 29
Associated Press
story about the role of victims' rights in the Adnan Syed case.
- Faculty Director
Prof. David Jaros
was quoted in a Mar. 28
Baltimore Sun
article about the Adnan Syed case. He also was interviewed that day on
WMAR-TV News
and
WBAL-TV News
.
- Executive Director
Heather Warnken
was quoted in a Mar. 14
Fox45 Baltimore
story about a proposal to implement stiffer penalties for gun possession in Maryland.
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Heather
Warnken
, executive director, was a guest on
WYPR-FM
's Midday with Tom Hall on Mar. 13 to discuss efforts to curb gun violence in Baltimore city.
- Executive Director
Heather Warnken
was quoted in a Mar. 11
Washington Post
story about police reform.
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Heather
Warnken
, executive director, was quoted in a Mar. 7
Baltimore Sun
article about the impact of rewards on efforts to solve crimes.
- Executive Director
Heather Warnken
discussed a proposed bill to increase sentences for gun possession on the Mar. 5 episode of 11 TV Hill on
WBAL-TV
.
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Heather Warnken
, executive director, was quoted in a Feb. 15 story in
Maryland Matters
on a proposal to expand the authority of the Maryland attorney general's independent investigations division.
- Executive Director
Heather Warnken
was quoted in a Feb. 15
Baltimore Sun
story about research that contradicts Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates' argument that longer sentences for gun crimes would increase public safety.
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Heather Warnken
, executive director, was quoted in a Feb. 15
Baltimore Banner
story about lobbying efforts by Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates to increase panelties for gun possession.
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Heather Warnken
, executive director, was quoted in a Feb. 15
Daily Record
article about testimony in the state legislature around stiffening penalties for some gun crimes.
- Executive Director
Heather Warnken
was quoted by
Fox45 News
in a Feb. 15 story about testimony in the state legislature for and against a move to increase penalties for certain gun crimes.
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Heather Warnken
, executive director, spoke with
The Baltimore Banner
for a Feb. 10 story about Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates' call for tougher sentencing for gun possession.
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Prof. David Jaros
, faculty director, and
Heather Warnken, executive director, were quoted in a Feb. 4
Baltimore Sun article
about the similarities between the Memphis Police Department’s special unit involved in the Tyre Nichols slaying and special police units in Baltimore.
- Executive Director
Heather Warnken
was interviewed on
WBAL Radio
following Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s Feb. 1 State of the State address. She spoke about the new governor’s public safety agenda.
- Executive Director
Heather Warnken
was quoted in a Jan. 27
Baltimore Sun
article, taking issue with comments by the federal judge overseeing the Baltimore Police consent decree suggesting that understaffing is hindering reform efforts.
- Heather Warnken , executive director, was quoted in a Jan. 26 Baltimore Banner story criticizing a question posed by the federal judge overseeing the Baltimore Police consent decree. The judge asked if there was evidence police were “de-escalating too much.”
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Heather Warnken , executive director, was profiled in the Maryland Bar Journal's Fall 2022 issue.
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Prof. David Jaros
, faculty director, was a guest on WYPR-FM's Jan. 20
Midday with Tom Hall
program, talking about the upcoming Marilyn Mosby trial.
- Faculty Director
Prof. David Jaros
was quoted in a Jan. 19
Baltimore Sun
story about the upcoming Marilyn Mosby trial.
- Prof. David Jaros , faculty director, was quoted in a Jan. 13 Baltimore Sun article on how Mayor Brandon Scott has handled crime and COVID, two years into his tenure.
2022
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Heather Warnken
, executive director, was quoted in a Dec. 31
Baltimore Sun
article about the challenges of working for change in the city's deadliest neighborhood.
- Faculty Director
Prof. David Jaros
and Executive Director
Heather Warnken
spoke with
The Baltimore Banner
for a Dec. 21 article about Baltimore city arrests rising for the first time in more than a decade.
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Heather Warnken
, executive director, spoke with
The Baltimore Banner
for a Dec. 15 article about the exclusion of a key partner from an expansion of the city's anti-gun-violence program.
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Heather Warnken
, executive director, was quoted in a Dec. 1 WUSA-TV news story about the absence of prosecutions in police-involved deaths.
- Executive Director
Heather Warnken
was quoted in a Nov. 30
Baltimore Banner
article about whether the Maryland Office of the Attorney General should have prosecutorial powers in police-involved fatalities.
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Heather Warnken
, executive director, was quoted in a Nov. 29
Baltimore Sun
story summarizing key takeaways from a report on investigations into police-involved deaths in Maryland.
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Prof. David Jaros , faculty director, was quoted in a Nov. 28
Baltimore Sun
article about the Archidocese of Baltimore paying legal costs for a group seeking to keep records of sexual abuse by priests sealed in court records.
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Heather Warnken
, executive director, was quoted in a Nov. 22
Maryland Matters
story about the agenda for incoming Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown.
- Executive Director
Heather Warnken
was quoted in a Nov. 12
Daily Record
article about how incoming Baltimore State's Attorney Ivan Bates will impact the office.
- Heather Warnken , executive director, was a guest on the Oct. 20 edition of Midday with Tom Hall on WYPR Radio, discussing a report she authored on how victims of crime are treated by Baltimore authorities.
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Heather Warnken, executive director, was a guest on the Oct. 8, 2022 installment of “The Jeremy Eldridge Show” on WBAL Radio, to discuss the report she authored on poor treatment of shooting victims in Baltimore, and the consequences of that treatment.
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Heather Warnken, executive director, was quoted in an Oct. 6, 2022 Baltimore Sun story about the city government’s response to her report outlining poor treatment of gunshot victims in Baltimore city.
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WBAL-TV News reported on an Oct. 6 City Council hearing at which Executive Director Heather Warnken testified about her report outlining poor treatment of gunshot victims in Baltimore city.
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Heather Warnken, executive director, was quoted in an Oct. 5, 2022 Baltimore Sun story about a City Council committee hearing called in response to her report on the city’s poor treatment of gunshot victims.
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Prof. David Jaros , faculty director, spoke with WBAL-TV News on Sept. 27, 2022 about next steps in the Adnan Syed case.
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Prof. David Jaros , faculty director, was a guest on WBAL-TV’s Sept. 25, 2022 “11 TV Hill” program about fallout from the Adnan Syed case.
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Prof. David Jaros , faculty director, spoke with The Baltimore Sun for a Sept. 20, 2022 article about challenges in vacating wrongful convictions.
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Prof. David Jaros , faculty director, spoke with The Baltimore Banner for a Sept. 16, 2022 story about a slowing of progress in investigating Baltimore police misconduct cases.
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Prof. David Jaros , faculty director, spoke with The Baltimore Sun for a Sept. 13, 2022 story about defense expert testimony in the Mosby trial.
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Prof. David Jaros , faculty director, spoke with The Baltimore Sun on Sept. 1 about a Baltimore sheriff's deputy who allegedly falsified information on an affidavit to obtain a search warrant.
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Heather Warnken , executive director, spoke with The Baltimore Banner for an Aug. 29, 2022 story about a report she authored on poor treatment of shooting victims in Baltimore City.
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Heather Warnken , executive director, spoke with The Baltimore Sun for its Aug. 18, 2022 story about how a surge in city violence presents challenges for those enforcing the Police Department consent decree.
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Faculty affiliate Amy Dillard was a guest on an Aug. 13, 2022 Bloomberg Law Podcast about federal charges against Louisville police officers in the 2020 slaying of Breonna Taylor.
- Prof. David Jaros , faculty director, spoke with The Baltimore Sun on Mar. 15 about State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's new prosecutorial data dashboard.
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Faculty affiliate Prof. Erica J. Suter , director of the Innocence Project Clinic, entered her appearance as defense counsel for Adnan Syed of “Serial” fame. Multiple news outlets – The New York Times , The Baltimore Sun , CNN and others -- reported Mar. 11, 2022 on the development that the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office has agreed to allow new DNA testing of evidence collected at the scene where the victim’s body was found.
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Faculty director Prof. David Jaros was interviewed by Fox45 News in a Mar. 9, 2022 story about defendant Keith Davis Jr. seeking a dismissal of his case.
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Faculty director Prof. David Jaros was quoted in a Mar. 9, 2022 Baltimore Sun story and a Mar. 7, 2022 Baltimore Sun story about the Keith Davis case.
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Faculty director Prof. David Jaros was quoted in a Mar. 3, 2022 Baltimore Sun story about Dawnta Harris, who received a life sentence for a murder committed at age 16, and whether his age should have been more of a factor in his sentencing.
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Faculty director Prof. David Jaros appeared on WJZ-TV News on Feb. 28, 2022, talking about the early release of two former Baltimore police detectives convicted in the Gun Trace Task Force scandal.
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Prof. Amy Dillard , a faculty affiliate, was quoted in The Baltimore Sun on Feb. 25, 2022, in relation to police officers cleared of 2021 shootings.
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Faculty director Prof. David Jaros spoke with The Baltimore Sun on Feb. 19, 2022 about defense accusations against the prosecution in the Marilyn Mosby perjury case.
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Faculty director Prof. David Jaros appeared on WMAR-TV News on Feb. 15, 2022 to discuss the self-defense claims of a man who admitted shooting two children in Annapolis.
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Faculty director Prof. David Jaros was quoted in The Baltimore Sun on Feb. 3, 2022, on whether Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s personal legal issues might affect criminal prosecutions in Baltimore.
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Faculty director Prof. David Jaros spoke with Filter on Jan. 18, 2022 about risks to two cities’ non-prosecution policies.
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Faculty director Prof. David Jaros spoke with The Baltimore Sun on Jan. 15, 2022 about the indictment of Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby.
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Prof. David Jaros , faculty director, was a guest on WYPR’s Midday with Tom Hall on Jan. 14, 2022, to discuss the Marilyn Mosby indictment.
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WBAL-TV News turned to faculty director Prof. David Jaros for insights on the indictment of Marilyn Mosby on Jan. 13, 2022.
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The Baltimore Sun quoted faculty director Prof. David Jaros and faculty affiliate Prof. Amy Dillard on Jan. 7, 2022 on the aftermath of a teenager’s death at the hands of a Maryland state trooper.