Jamal Alfonso Harrison

In the spring of 2008, the life of Jamal Alfonso Harrison, a 22-year-old African American man, was tragically cut short on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. On the evening of Thursday, March 13, 2008, Harrison was shot in the 1900 block of North Rosedale Street. His death was part of a wave of violence that gripped the city, a period marked by a significant number of homicides.

The investigation into Harrison's murder was met with challenges that were unfortunately common in the city at ...