It's not the gun laws!!! It's the lack of punishment for any type of crime.
Until they can keep the state safe from repeat offenders lawmakers should not make more restrictive laws trying to control POS trublemakers.

Its pusillanimous judges and their pathetic bleeding hearts. Why are we suspending parts of a sentence? I can see where "good behavior" credits can be helpful in some cases, but why are suspending part of sentence from the get go?

Judges in this state are about as useful as an armless paper-hanger.

When will this end?

How is it that this thug was not behind bars? 12 Years for armed robbery + 5 years for handgun used in a crime = 4 years served?

Please help us readers understand the insanity that is the Maryland Justice System. Time after time we read these stories of repeat offenders with violent criminal histories who serve only a fraction of their sentences, which are often whittled down from a number of charges into a plea agreement.

Maybe if we could actually keep convicted thugs behind bars for a sufficient amount of time - or at least the length of their sentences - we could make some inroads into Baltimore's crime problem.

Good article, Peter. I think that there are two things many of us can agree on in the Baltimore Metro area:

1) the relationship between actual time served vs. time sentenced is baffling,

2) the amount of time served is inadequate in most serious cases, as there are too many repeat offenders who shoulda/woulda/coulda been behind bars during the time they carried out their last offenses had their previous sentence been served in full.

It would be great if The Sun could do an an ivestigative series examining the Maryland Correctional System in a systemic way. Who is in jail and for what crimes? How long do they serve? Are they repeat offenders?

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40 States have "THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS" but maryland isnt included maybe if maryland was one out of the 40 states this would not have happened. If the law was carried out in the state of maryland maybe the crime rate would be lowered because the criminal would think twice.

The things that this person did are bad and he has a bad criminal history but when I look at his picture it makes me feel sad because he looks sad and angry, like a person who could do bad things. What makes a young man feel and act this way? I think that is an important question also. I am not some wild liberal advocating for more and larger welfare programs but I think that it is important to try and understand and to try to fix things that make people be willing to choose to do the wrong things. Prevention is the best criminal justice technique.

We need to prioritize things in the criminal justice system, especially in Maryland.

The city attempted to put a lean on my property for an unpaid trash can lid violation from 2000...this is 2010.
I am not a felon.OK
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This case has Patricia Jessamy written all over it.
Lock this subhuman up forever before his lawyer(s) claim lead paint poisoning as justification for his criminal past.

Not a great photo , he has insecurity issues.

They will probably prosecute the police for shooting at him or not calling for an ambulance for this POS fast enough.
It's never the state's attorney's fault. It's because "the police don't build strong enough cases." Glad I quit and left that screwed up city and state.

Baltimore is to F'ed up.

Keep it liberal Baltimore. It's working great! LMAO