Wes Moore on Crime

Focus juvenile justice on accountability and opportunities

Cox: Young people want accountability. They also need to have rec centers built. We need to make sure we have rec opportunities for our youth and build and expand activities. The governor signed the youth charge reform act every state's attorney opposed.

Moore: There is nothing that I take more seriously than public safety and making sure people can feel safe in their neighborhoods. We made the largest investments in local law enforcement in our state's history and we are having the fastest drops in violent crime in America. I was one of those kids. I had handcuffs on my wrists by the time I was 11 years old and for kids like me making sure we can create pathways to imagine themselves in spaces bigger than where they are now it has to be about accountability and opportunities for our young people.

I have no tolerance for violent offenders, period

Reform juvenile justice system, give boys a second chance

Build on the historic cannabis pardons I signed into law

We take an all-of-the-above approach to public safety

Our administration will continue an all-of-the-above approach to public safety;
• We will listen to law enforcement AND the communities they protect;
• We will listen to State's Attorneys AND our public defenders;
• We will listen to elected leaders AND our local advocates.
• Marylanders are seeking justice for victims of crime--more accountability for people who break the law--and better rehabilitation for our children.

Remove barriers to state aid for those with criminal records

• Remove barriers to state financial aid for individuals with criminal records
• Grow the Apprenticeship for Formerly Incarcerated Individuals Pilot Program in both number of locations and funding
• Better align prison education and re-entry programs to the University System of Maryland, using the Second Chance College Program as a blueprint
• Implement clean slate initiatives and expungement mechanisms to ensure that low-level nonviolent offenses do not become life sentences