During the recent session of the Maryland General Assembly, the House of Delegates rejected a bill that would have given courtroom judges greater sentencing leeway for first-time, nonviolent drug law ...

W hen the U.S. Senate passed a $1.3 billion military drug fighting assistance package for Colombia recently, Sen. Paul Coverdell said, "This is a landmark vote, striking the drug war ...

Prosecutors now decide, out of the public’s view, who goes to jail and for how long. It is time to end this travesty of the open, jury-based justice system found ...