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| Marilyn Mosby- Official Photo as State’s Attorney |
Once Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced that
her office was bringing charges against the six police officers
allegedly involved in the death of Freddie Gray, all media piercing eyes
were focused on her with extreme scrutiny. There was no praise for her
conducting her own individual investigation instead of relying on the
police to police and investigate themselves. There was little
discussion of her investigation except to say that it was swift. Yet,
the police concluded their investigation in the same time period and no
one questioned their swiftness. The media mostly focused on her age,
her lack of experience with homicides,
potential conflicts of interests with the Gray family attorney, bias
against the police, conflicts due to her husband’s position and a host
of other things. Almost nothing good has been said about Mosby in the
media.
At 35 years old, she is the youngest chief prosecutor in a major
city. Ms. Mosby worked at the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s office for
five years before moving on to obtain other work experience. And I hate
to let the media in on a secret. Ms. Mosby will not likely be trying the
case by herself. She will most likely have a team of seasoned
prosecutors involved on the case. As a former Baltimore prosecutor, the
State’s Attorney’s Office has many senior career prosecutors. She did
not conduct the investigation by herself. She used her own team of
investigators and lawyers. To their credit and respect for her, no one
leaked that there was a simultaneous investigation occurring alongside
of the police investigation.
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