Policy calls for shooting victims’ arrest

Published October 9, 2007 4:00am ET



Get shot then get locked up? That?s what?s happening to offenders under the supervision of Maryland?s Division of Parole and Probation, according to a new policy enacted in Baltimore City since July.

“We?re focusing on young, repeat violent offenders ? both those who shoot and those who get shot,” said Parole and Probation Director Judith Sachwald, one of the authors of a policy that calls for the arrest of not just shooting suspects, but also shooting victims.

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