2015–2021 Term Report
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SAO HOSTED A COMMUNITY<br />
FORUM FOCUSED ON SENIORS.<br />
SAO staff, prosecutors,<br />
government officials, and<br />
community members met at<br />
Humanim Inc. to discuss the<br />
criminal justice challenges faced by<br />
Baltimore’s senior citizens during<br />
the summer of 2018<br />
THE SAO PARTNERED WITH THE<br />
BALTIMORE CITY SOLICITOR’S OFFICE<br />
to streamline the process for how the<br />
Internal Affairs (IA) documents of BPD<br />
officers are reviewed and released during<br />
trial proceedings. The ground breaking<br />
MOU, still in effect to this day, requires that<br />
Baltimore City police officers disclose—<br />
with or without a specific request by the<br />
ASA handling a case in which the officer is<br />
an integral witness—if an IA file exists that<br />
charges him or her with any past or present<br />
misconduct. Officers should relay this<br />
information to the ASA at the earliest<br />
opportunity, whether or not the<br />
misconduct issues have been resolved.<br />
DECEMBER 2018<br />
Clarence Shipley is released<br />
from prison, after the SAO<br />
and it’s partners filed a joint<br />
motion, after serving 27<br />
years for a murder he did<br />
not commit.<br />
ED TO INCLUDE<br />
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nce and wrongful<br />
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Mid-Atlantic<br />
Project and the<br />
of Baltimore’s<br />
Project Clinic.<br />
SEPTEMBER 2018<br />
The SAO CIU and its partners<br />
united to exonerate Jerome<br />
Johnson, the third person in<br />
three and a half years. Mr.<br />
Johnson was released from<br />
prison after serving nearly 30<br />
years in prison for the 1988<br />
murder of Aaron Taylor shot<br />
to death at the Night Owl Bar.<br />
UNVEILED A NEW TRAUMA-INFORMED<br />
VICTIM & WITNESSES SERVICES WAITING<br />
ROOM IN THE MITCHELL COURTHOUSE<br />
that was renovated to create a more welcoming<br />
space for victims and witnesses of crime to<br />
receive services and await their appearances in<br />
court. The new trauma-informed, therapeutic<br />
space focuses on the victim and witness’ sense<br />
of worth, security, and empowerment.<br />
<strong>2015–2021</strong> TERM REPORT<br />
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