Md. A.G. Brown Leads Supreme Court Brief Opposing Criminalization of Involuntary Homelessness
April 04, 2024
April 04, 2024
BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 4 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on April 3, 2024:
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today led a coalition of six attorneys general in filing a Supreme Court amicus brief supporting the respondents in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson. The brief argues that the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits punishing people for sleeping on public property when they have no other plac . . .
Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today led a coalition of six attorneys general in filing a Supreme Court amicus brief supporting the respondents in City of Grants Pass v. Johnson. The brief argues that the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment prohibits punishing people for sleeping on public property when they have no other plac . . .