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This will be Amendment 17, proposed by

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Delegate Henderson.

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The amendment is to strike all of Section 11,

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comprising lines 41 to 49, inclusive, on page 3 of the

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Committee Recommendation R&P-2.

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Is there a second?

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DELEGATE CASE: Seconded.

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THE CHAIRMAN: The amendment having been

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seconded, the Chair recognizes Delegate Henderson to

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speak to the amendment.

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DELEGATE HENDERSON: Mr. Chairman, fellow dele-

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gates, I am not proposing any change in the existing law,

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which I think works very well, and although it is set

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up by statute and by rule of court. The practice is,

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as I understand it, that most serious crimes are taken

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before the grant jury, but that since many people are

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held in jail, they are given an option to stand trial and

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not wait for the action of the grand jury on an information

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filed by the State's ATtorney,and I do not know what

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proportion of crimes in Maryland, even the most serious

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crimes, are tried under taht system, but I believe it is