Spurred by difficulties vacating convictions from prosecutions that involved officers from the former Gun Trace Task Force, a group of prosecutors and criminal justice reform advocates are supporting legislation to create a new mechanism in the law. Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn ...

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Baltimore’s top prosecutor has filed a rarely used legal petition intended to vacate 3,778 convictions for possession of marijuana, arguing an extraordinary legal strategy is necessary to “right an extraordinary wrong.” In a highly unusual “Maryland v Maryland” filing in ...

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The Supreme Court declined to take up the issue of prosecutors’ immunity from lawsuits when investigating crimes and seeking charges, putting an end to the lawsuit filed by five of the officers involved in Freddie Gray’s arrest against Baltimore City State’s Attorney ...

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After a decisive lower-court ruling in favor of Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby, five of the officers charged in connection with the arrest and death of Freddie Gray are appealing their right to sue her for defamation to the Supreme Court.

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Two of the officers prosecuted for Freddie Gray's arrest and death are appealing the dismissal of their lawsuit against the member of the Baltimore Sheriff's Office that signed the application for charges against them.

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The Baltimore prosecutor pursuing a fourth trial of a man accused of killing a security guard has been fired, a year after her drunken-driving conviction.

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Five of the officers arrested in connection with the death of Freddie Gray will have until October to ask the Supreme Court to consider whether Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby is immune from the civil lawsuits filed against her.

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Marilyn Mosby gained international prominence just months after becoming Baltimore state’s attorney when she stood before the War Memorial and announced she was charging six police officers for their alleged role in the death of Freddie Gray.

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Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby fended off two high-profile challengers to win Tuesday’s Democratic primary and secure a second term, as she has no Republican challenger in November’s general election. With nearly 93 percent of the votes in ...

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Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby is facing two challengers in the Democratic primary, including a defense attorney who represented one of the officers she charged in Freddie Gray's death.

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