ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland State Prosecutor Emmet Davitt says the Legislature could help the office's efforts to fight public corruption by passing a measure to allow prosecutors to grant immunity to witnesses so their testimony could not be used against them.
Davitt included the comments in a report on his office released Wednesday. Davitt noted that an independent committee chaired by a former Court of Appeals judge recommended the state prosecutor be able to grant "use immunity" to witnesses. But the Legislature has not enacted such a measure yet.
Davitt also recommends changes to the statute of limitations on campaign finance violations. He writes that a statute of limitations that begins to run only at the end of the election cycle in which a violation occurs would result in more effective enforcement.
