Councilman Kenneth Harris met with Hamm, said it was "productive."
MD's other police to Baltimore City cops: we would never leave someone stranded.
Terry Cooks of Severn, who killed a nurse when he was 17, got life in prison without parole.
Wednesday, June 7, 2006
June 7
Delaka Danielle Augins, 22, pled guilty today to voluntary manslaughter and carrying a deadly weapon. Judge Wanda K. Heard scheduled sentencing for July 21, 2006. Court documents allege that on July 22, 2005, an altercation between two neighbors, Angel Simms and Delaka Danielle Augins, in the 4800 block of Lorelly Avenue started over the destruction of a candle belonging to Simms. As a result, Augins fatally stabbed Simms, 23, with a knife multiple times and then fled the scene. Ms. Simms died later that day at Bayview hospital.
Councilman Kenneth Harris met with Hamm, said it was "productive."
MD's other police to Baltimore City cops: we would never leave someone stranded.
Terry Cooks of Severn, who killed a nurse when he was 17, got life in prison without parole.
Councilman Kenneth Harris met with Hamm, said it was "productive."
MD's other police to Baltimore City cops: we would never leave someone stranded.
Terry Cooks of Severn, who killed a nurse when he was 17, got life in prison without parole.
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The Daily Record published an article on the increase in arrests.
"The Baltimore City Police Department made about 40 percent more arrests last month than in April — 6,998 in comparison to 4,968 — according to the latest statistics from the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office.
The percentage of people arrested and released without charges also increased, accounting for 25 percent of arrests last month compared to 23 percent in April and 18 percent in March, the state’s attorney’s statistics show.
City prosecutors were quick to question the crime-fighting strategy employed by the police department, with a spokeswoman saying police officers were attempting to 'arrest our way out of high violent crime rates.'
'Prosecutors hear that there are directives including from the Chief of Patrol to clear the corners,' spokeswoman Margaret T. “Marty” Burns said yesterday. 'The reality is that arrests are up. Either crime is up or there has been a change in internal police policies.'"
Spokesweasel Burns' logical error: the conclusion assumes that the same proportion of crimes was detected/reported/cleared in both months.
Please keep in mind that officers were placed on costly 12-hour overtime shifts last month. 12-hour deployment is voluntary this month. It changes results. See my remarks in yesterday's Comments.
As distressed as I am at what I'll term 'groundless' (as opposed to the subjective 'minor') arrests, it bears noting that the State's Attorney's office keeps releasing criminals through nolle prosequi of cases which are neither groundless nor technically defective. The way they explain it is this tiresome nonsense about 'cannot arrest our way out of having crime'.
But that's exactly and precisely why your job exists, Dear Heart. Theoretically, you are there to prosecute each and every violator of the basic public laws. If you don't wish to, Ms. Jessamy,... step down. If you want to write the law, run for legislative office. But, please, please do not imagine that a criminal I have caught dead to rights can be let go because you want to. That, dearie, is called a miscarriage of justice, and it happens in the District Court about every single day. It'd be interesting for the Council to request the number and proportion of cases null prossed or dismissed by the SA other than for obvious technical defect (such as the exclusionary rule).
Make your points, but please hold the belittling sexism. Thank you. Dearie dear heart.
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