Penalties & Confinement
     We urge the state to increase penalties for defacing and removal of “Mason-Dixon Line” markers. ’05
     We favor adequate prison facilities so that inmates can serve their sentences. We recommend that inmates in minimum security penal complexes be required to work on highways, prison farms or other public projects to help defray the cost of their food and support and to pay restitution to their victims. We also favor emphasis on the rehabilitation of persons confined to penal institutions to afford them a better opportunity to assume a constructive role in society. ’06
     We believe that the State of Maryland should enact legislation providing for a mandatory life sentence without parole, or a death sentence, for violent murder offenses and murder offenses occurring during the illegal transportation and/or distribution of controlled dangerous substances (drugs). ’05
     We urge the Department of Corrections to return prisoners to their county of origin after the completion of their sentence before their release.’07
     We support legislation that would prevent elected officials from holding office if convicted of a crime or of misconduct in office and from receiving pensions or benefits pertaining to the office that they held.’06

Judicial Process
     We recommend that the defendants be brought to a speedy trial and if convicted, given a sentence sufficient to discourage further crimes. We support consistency in judicial sentencing for all.’07
     We urge the Maryland Legislature to enact legislation that would change the insanity defense of "innocent by reason of insanity" to "guilty, but insane.” ’05

Investigation of Crimes
     We urge local, county and state law enforcement agencies to communicate between jurisdictions and cooperate with each other when investigating thefts of personal property. ’07
     We urge all law enforcement agencies to assist farmers in identifying motorists who damage property so those motorists can be assessed for the damages.’06