TASK FORCE TO STUDY ERRONEOUS CONVICTION & IMPRISONMENT

Scott D. Shellenberger, Esq., Chair (chosen by Governor)

[photo, 100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland] Appointed by Senate President: Delores G. Kelley; William C. Smith, Jr.

Appointed by House Speaker: Kathleen M. Dumais; Michael E. Malone.

Appointed by Dean, University of Baltimore School of Law: Michele M. Nethercott, J.D.

Appointed by Dean, University of Maryland School of Law: Renee M. Hutchins, J.D.


100 Community Place, Crownsville, Maryland, July 2016. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Ex officio: Elihai A. Braun, designee of Public Defender; Donald J. Hogan, designee of Executive Director, Governor's Office of Crime Control & Prevention; Scott D. Shellenberger, Esq., designee of President, Maryland State's Attorneys' Association; Walter Lomax, Director, Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative.

Staff: Rachel M. Kesselman

c/o Governor's Office of Crime Control & Prevention
100 Community Place, Crownsville, MD 21032
(410) 697-9319
e-mail: rachel.kesselman@maryland.gov
web: https://goccp.maryland.gov/councils-commissions-workgroups/erroneous-conviction-and-imprisonment/

In October 2017, the Task Force to Study Erroneous Conviction and Imprisonment formed (Chapters 799 & 800, Acts of 2017).

The Task Force was to study Maryland's current process for establishing whether a person was convicted wrongly and how to determine innocence, as well as the processes used by other states for designating an erroneous conviction, determining the innocence of a person who was convicted in error, and compensating for the imprisonment that resulted from wrongful conviction. Further, the Task Force was to recommend whether Maryland should implement a new process for designating erroneous convictions and determining the innocence of persons so convicted.

Authorization for the Task Force ended September 30, 2018.

The Task Force submitted its final report on December 1, 2018.

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