News and Information
E-News
Guidelines E-News is a periodic newsletter delivered via email by the Maryland State Commission on Criminal Sentencing Policy. Guidelines E-News provides information on the system of voluntary guidelines for the State’s circuit courts and highlights changes to the guidelines. It also provides useful information on worksheet completion and submission.
E-News 2025, Volume 20
News Releases – 2025
- January 31, 2025: The MSCCSP released its 2024 Annual Report, which covers the Commission’s activities over the past year and reviews circuit court sentencing practices for fiscal year 2024. As required by CP, § 6-209(b)(iii), the annual report includes a detailed report on sentences for crimes of violence (COV). Information supplementing the COV report may be found on the recently updated COV Data Dashboard.
- January 6, 2025: The MSCCSP scheduled a virtual meeting for January 7, 2025, to discuss SB 152 (2025) and its potential impact on the sentencing guidelines.
