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Last month, my colleague Julie Bykowicz wrote about a report from the Abell Foundation that studied juries in Baltimore and the suburbs, and found that convictions are harder to get in the city. That report is now public and thought people might want to see it.
On the same subject, David Simon has an interesting article in the Guardian newspaper. My thanks to the other Baltimore blogger for calling our attention to the piece.
It's been an interesting debate.
Peter Hermann started covering news for The Baltimore Sun in 1990, first in Anne Arundel County and, starting in 1994, reporting on the Baltimore Police Department. In 2001, he was assigned to Jerusalem as the Baltimore Sun's Middle East correspondent. He returned in 2005 as an assistant city editor overseeing crime coverage. In 2008, Peter returned to the beat as a daily reporter and blogger. A recent BBC report featured him in a segment on the harsh realities of covering crime in Baltimore.
Mark Hughes, a reporter with The Independent, a national U.K. paper, visits Baltimore to examine if police officers, drug dealers, prosecutors and politicians were accurately portrayed 'The Wire;' The Sun's Justin Fenton heads to London to compare crime trends between the two cities.
A roundup of crimes reported in Baltimore City and Baltimore County
