Former Baltimore Prosecutor Marilyn Mosby’s Legal Team Argues Against Prison Sentence as Court Date Approaches
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Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s legal team, under the direction of public defender James Wyda, vehemently opposed the imposition of a prison sentence and argued for a lesser punishment than the potential 40 years that are still on the table. “‘Just’ punishment does not mandate, or always include a prison sentence.,” Wyda demanded.
Arguing against jail time for his client, Wyda invoked a central theme that Mosby and her supporters have repeatedly emphasized since her indictment in January 2022 – the assertion that she was criminally investigated and prosecuted because she is a Black woman and a trailblazing prosecutor. “Ms. Mosby was accessing retirement funds that, though held in trust, were derived from her& own& income, as was the money used to fund the $5,000 gift letter,” Wyda insisted. “She did not defraud taxpayers, government agencies, or others to access someone else’s money.”
Prosecutors, however, are pushing for a starkly different outcome, urging U.S. Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby, who is Black and a nominee of President Joe Biden, to impose at least a 20-month prison sentence for Mosby’s felony convictions. In their memo, prosecutors Sean Delaney and Aron Zelinsky portrayed Mosby as a lawbreaker who continues to show no...
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