Push in Annapolis aims to stop automatically charging minors as adults ANNAPOLIS -- The Maryland Office of the Public Defender (OPD) is demanding lawmakers to put an end to automatically charging ...

AFRO Staff Writer msayles@afro.com Natasha M. Dartigue became the first person of color to lead the Maryland Office of the Public Defender in 2022. The attorney, 56, hails from Brooklyn, N.Y.

The Maryland Office of the Public Defender and University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law have launched a new exoneration clinic, a move that means both of the state’s law schools ...