Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy

Supporting fair and proportional sentencing policy

Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy

Supporting fair and proportional sentencing policy

Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy

Supporting fair and proportional sentencing policy

The Maryland General Assembly created the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy (MSCCSP) in 1999 as an independent agency to support fair and proportional sentencing policy and to maintain the State’s voluntary sentencing guidelines for criminal cases sentenced in the circuit courts. The MSCCSP is responsible for collecting and automating the sentencing guidelines worksheets, maintaining the sentencing guidelines database, monitoring circuit court sentencing practice, adopting changes to the guidelines consistent with the sentencing practices of Maryland circuit court judges, and providing training and orientation to criminal justice practitioners who apply the sentencing guidelines.

News

November 1, 2024:

The MSCCSP issued new versions of the Maryland Sentencing Guidelines Manual and the Guidelines Offense Table, and the corresponding updates were adopted in the Code of Maryland Regulations, effective November 1, 2024. The November 1, 2024, Guidelines E-News contains additional details about the revisions to the Guidelines Offense Table, as well as clarification of guidelines calculation rules in criminal events with multiple special applications.

 

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