Baltimore Organizing History
This person created minority set-asides, ushering in a new era of Black wealth.
Parren J. Mitchell
What does PWUD stand for?
People who use drugs
HB488 requires that judges prioritize what over what?
Treatment over incarceration
Our bill goes through which committee?
Judiciary or Judicial Proceedings
This person was arrested 6 times for demonstrating
Walter P. Carter
This phrase describes death by overdose or suicide
Deaths of Despair
Prepayment of the fine is what?
An admission of guilt
This happens during a bill's 1st reading
A committee hearing is held (People testify for and against and Law makers ask questions)
Willie Adams co-founded what company which was the largest Black-owned business in Baltimore?
Park Sausage Co.
A safe place to use drugs under a physician's supervision
overdose prevention site or safe consumption site
De Minimis is what kind of offense?
Civil
During 2nd reading, who can recommend edits to the bill?
Any member of the chamber
This person known as Maryland's "Dr. King" organized 15,000 Marylanders for the 1963 March on Washington
Walter P. Carter
To low to merit consideration from the law
De Minimis
A Judge can hold a case ______ while the defendant is in treatment
Sub Caria
If a bill passes one chamber, what happens next?
The same process in the next chamber (unless a bill has been cross-filed)
Victorine Adams founded what group that led to Marylands first Black elected State Senators
Democratic Campaign Committee
To express negative bias to a large group of people
Macro-Discrimination
If you can prove your use of marijuana was in response to a medical illness that is what kind of defense?
Affirmative Defense
During 1st reading of the bill next legislative session (January 2021) you will do what in support of the bill?
Testify