Safer streets cut across party lines. Juvenile law is usually a function of state statutes. To the extent that a juvenile in state court would be prosecuted as an adult, he could face the stiffer sentences that we are advocating in Annapolis. Exile refers to federal time. Ask any person who works in our criminal justice system and she will tell you that most offenders care about where they will do their time.
Nobody wants federal time.
Because it has worked in other subdivisions and states around the country, the focus on this narrow group of offender seems to bring very positive results. College Park, Md. The three judge panel proposal was kicked around in Annapolis for many years. I am sympathetic to what can be harsh results handed out under Maryland's three time loser statute. My only request is that the General Assembly carve out from the three judge panel statute a loophole closing provision which would eliminate this option in felon in possession cases.