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Witnesses help convict Baltimore man of murder

Baltimore authorities chronically struggle to overcome a strong anti-informant culture.
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Critic who lost out on police job after Mosby clash will remain with the attorney general's office

Michelle Wilson, an attorney who was hired to serve as a Baltimore Police Department chief, will remain with the attorney general's office

By Jessica Anderson

Jun 4, 2019
- News
Deputy Baltimore police commissioner whose hiring was announced two days ago no longer joining department

Michelle Wilson, the Baltimore Police deputy commissioner whose hiring was announced just two days ago, is not joining the department after all.

By Jessica Anderson

May 23, 2019
- Opinion
Hopkins protesters got away with breaking the law

Johns Hopkins University students who protested a new private police force by locking down an administration building at the Homewood campus will essentially get away with breaking the law.
- Opinion
Mosby right to nix pot possession, a view long held by Libertarians

Setting aside marijuana possession convictions is the kind of wise choice that can turn more Marylanders into Libertarians.
- Opinion
If the courts won't allow Marilyn Mosby to throw out marijuana convictions, what about the legislature?

There is still a way to vacate marijuana possession cases in Baltimore, despite rulings by two judges that have prevented Baltimore State's Attorney Maryland Mosby from doing so.

By Baltimore Sun Editorial Board

May 3, 2019
- Opinion
Mosby overstepped in her attempt to lift marijuana convictions

Baltimore's state's attorney went too far in asking court to overturn hundreds of marijuana possession convictions.
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Judges deny request by Baltimore State's Attorney Mosby to dismiss thousands of marijuana convictions

Judges have denied a request from Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby to dismiss convictions in nearly 5,000 cases of marijuana possession.

By Tim Prudente

Apr 29, 2019
- Opinion
Will Mosby prosecute Pugh on behalf of city?

If Baltimore City's state's attorney really "hears" the people's will, she'll look to prosecute Catherine Pugh.
- Opinion
Did Baltimore's top prosecutor lie under oath?

It has been two weeks since a serious allegation was made that Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby gave false testimony under oath. No elected official has stepped forward to suggest that the allegation should be investigated as possible perjury. Why not?

By David A. Plymyer

Apr 4, 2019
- Opinion
Don't stop at marijuana, Baltimore

To truly reform Baltimore’s justice system and protect black communities from systematic persecution and criminalization, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby must refuse to prosecute all non-violent, low-level offenses that unnecessarily clog the courts – not just marijuana possession.

By Folasade Omogun

Mar 23, 2019
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Jury rules in favor of Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, finds firing of city prosecutor wasn't politically motivated

A Baltimore jury sided with Marilyn Mosby Friday and found the Baltimore state’s attorney had not unlawfully fired a city prosecutor four years ago.

By Tim Prudente

Mar 22, 2019
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Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby takes stand, defends firing prosecutor she said had 'lack of empathy'

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby took the witness stand Thursday to defend her firing of a former city prosecutor, saying the woman was dismissive of crime victims.

By Tim Prudente

Mar 21, 2019
- Maryland
Before lawsuit, State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby and fired city prosecutor worked together as friendly colleagues

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby and former city prosecutor Keri Borzilleri worked together as friendly colleagues before Mosby won election and fired Borzilleri. The two made opening arguments Tuesday in Borzilleri's suit arguing her firing was politically motivated.

By Tim Prudente

Mar 19, 2019
- Politics
Marilyn Mosby made 'throat-slitting gesture' at rival's supporter, lawyers for fired Baltimore prosecutor say

The trial is to begin Monday in a lawsuit brought by a former Baltimore prosecutor who claims she was unjustly fired by State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby over politics.

By Tim Prudente

Mar 18, 2019
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'She wanted to get out': Mentors remember 18-year-old recent high school grad fatally shot in West Baltimore

Taylor Davis, 18, who was fatally shot Monday night in Midtown Edmondson in West Baltimore, was awesome ... just a ball of joy. If anybody needed help, she would help.”

By Christina Tkacik

Mar 13, 2019
- Opinion
How much pot is too much pot in Baltimore?

Baltimore struggled with whether 16 pounds of marijuana is a crime or not.
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Case against husband, stepdaughter in Baltimore 'panhandler' killing built on circumstantial evidence, experts say

After wire-tapping Keith and Valeria Smith’s cell phones, peering into their Google search histories and outlining apparent inconsistencies in their stories about the night Keith’s wife Jacquelyn was fatally stabbed, Baltimore Police charged the couple on a growing pile of circumstantial evidence.

By Kevin Rector

Mar 8, 2019
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North Carolina man caught in confusion over Baltimore's policy on marijuana arrests, attorney says

North Carolina man was caught up in the confusion of Baltimore’s new policy on prosecuting people found possessing cannabis, his attorney said Thursday.

By Lillian Reed

Mar 8, 2019
- Opinion
Baltimore state's attorney's marijuana lawsuit 'nothing more than a publicity stunt'

In January, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby filed a lawsuit asking the Baltimore circuit court to overturn 4,800 convictions for possession of marijuana. her suit is an affront to the criminal justice system and is nothing more than a publicity stunt.

By David A. Plymyer

Mar 5, 2019
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Staged panhandler killing played on worst stereotypes of Baltimore, unwarranted fear of homeless

The story of Jacquelyn Smith being killed after giving money to a panhandler in East Baltimore played created widespread, and unwarranted, hysteria about the threats posed by the homeless, officials said.

By Colin Campbell and Catherine Rentz

Mar 4, 2019
- Maryland
'They’re focusing on Tyrone in West Baltimore and not Tommy in Canton': Mosby explains policy to end pot cases

State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby led a panel discussion Wednesday night about her new policy to stop prosecuting such cases in Baltimore.

By Tim Prudente

Feb 28, 2019
- Maryland
14 advocacy groups urge Baltimore Mayor Pugh to end marijuana arrests

An open letter signed by 14 local advocacy groups is urging Mayor Catherine Pugh to clarify Baltimore’s inconsistent enforcement of cannabis laws by directing the new police commissioner to stop arresting people for low-level marijuana offenses.

By Lillian Reed

Feb 26, 2019
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'It’s heartbreaking,' Baltimore attorney says, recalling two former clients killed in recent spate of violence

Baltimore attorney Ivan Bates once represented Jason Hodge and Andre Haydel. On Friday, he learned the men were both killed in Baltimore’s latest wave of violence.

By Jessica Anderson

Feb 22, 2019
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MOMS uses billboard to ask Baltimore Mayor Pugh to end marijuana arrests, prioritize homicide investigations

Mothers of Murdered Sons and Daughters is calling on Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh to end arrests for marijuana possession and to prioritize homicide investigations.

By Christina Tkacik

Feb 20, 2019
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Mosby announces that commercials, billboards will encourage witnesses in Baltimore to testify in court

Pledging more help for the victims and witnesses of crimes, Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Thursday a series of TV and radio commercials intended to encourage people to come to court and testify.

By Tim Prudente

Feb 14, 2019
- Opinion
Prosecutor Mosby seeks to overstep her role

Marilyn Mosby is asking for greater discretionary authority and that would be a big mistake.
- Opinion
Mosby again wants to skirt the legal system

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby wants to overrule judges based on what she perceives as bad evidence, which her office presented, due to the Gun Trace Task Force scandal.
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Baltimore man gets 80 years in murder of Dion Smith, brother of former police spokesman T.J. Smith

Calling it a killing committed in the “most brutal fashion,” a Baltimore judge on Monday sentenced 22-year-old Terrell Gibson to 80 years in prison for the murder of Dion Smith, a 24-year-old father of three and the brother of former Baltimore Police spokesman T.J. Smith.

By Kevin Rector

Feb 4, 2019
- Opinion
Mosby right to focus on murders, not marijuana

Baltimore state's attorney made the right call in ending prosecution for pot possession. Now, she can use resources to solve violent crimes.
- Opinion
Decriminalizing marijuana is genocide

Baltimore's top prosecutor, and The Sun, are ignoring the serious harm that marijuana is doing to their community.
- Opinion
Baltimore prosecutor makes 'bold and groundbreaking' decision regarding marijuana arrests

Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby has said her office will no longer prosecute pot possession — a bold decision has met with a stubborn and unfortunate insistence by law enforcement leadership that arrests will continue.

By Miriam Aroni Krinsky and Brendan Cox

Feb 1, 2019
- Maryland
Baltimore prosecutor files rarely used petition to erase marijuana convictions

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."

By David McFadden

Feb 1, 2019
- News
Tuggle says marijuana arrests not the focus of Baltimore police work, but sometimes the outcome

Interim Baltimore Police Commissioner Gary Tuggle said Thursday that arrests for marijuana possession are never the focus of police patrols in the city, but are sometimes — and will continue to be — the outcome in instances where officers are confronted with illegal amounts of the drug.

By Kevin Rector

Feb 1, 2019
- Opinion
Mosby policy not to prosecute will take racial discrimination out of marijuana enforcement

Marilyn Mosby’s decision to no longer prosecute anyone arrested for marijuana possession can go a long way in addressing the racial disparities that have disproportionately landed African Americans in jail with criminal records, despite the fact that they use the drug at the same rate as whites.

By Baltimore Sun Editorial Board

Jan 31, 2019
- Opinion
Mosby has the right approach on marijuana

Baltimore City's state's attorney is correct not to prosecute for possession of pot.
- News
Baltimore will stop prosecuting marijuana possession, Mosby announces

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Tuesday her office would cease prosecuting people for possessing marijuana regardless of quantity or criminal history.

By Tim Prudente

Jan 30, 2019
- Maryland
What they're saying about Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby's decision to stop prosecuting pot possession

How people are reacting to Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s surprise announcement Tuesday that her office will no longer prosecute marijuana possession cases.

By Christina Tkacik

Jan 29, 2019
- Politics
Kamala Harris opens presidential bid, plans campaign headquarters in Baltimore

Kamala Harris, a U.S. senator and former California attorney general known for her rigorous questioning of President Donald Trump’s nominees, has entered the Democratic presidential race. Harris' campaign says it will make its headquarters in Baltimore, with another office in Oakland, California.

By Baltimore Sun staff and wire reports

Jan 21, 2019
- Politics
Kamala Harris picks Baltimore as site for headquarters for potential presidential campaign

Sources familiar with U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris' plans tell The Baltimore Sun that if she runs for president, she'll put her campaign headquarters in Baltimore. The California Democrat is expected to announce her 2020 plans soon. Harris' Senate office declined to discuss her plans.

By Jeff Barker and Luke Broadwater

Jan 18, 2019
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Baltimore prosecutors file motion to revoke bail for man charged with murder after shooting in Fells Point bar

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby filed a motion Thursday to revoke bail for a man charged with murder at a bar in Fells Point.

By Christina Tkacik

Jan 17, 2019
- News
Baltimore police announce takedown of 'Black Magic' fentanyl crew

Baltimore police say they arrested 11 people behind the violent “Black Magic” drug crew and seized guns, cash and more than 400 gel caps of fentanyl.

By Tim Prudente

Jan 16, 2019
- Maryland
Baltimore County authorities seek dismissal of claims against them in class-action sexual assault lawsuit

Baltimore County authorities seek dismissal of claims against them in class-action sexual assault lawsuit.

By Catherine Rentz

Jan 15, 2019
- Opinion
Baltimore needs a leader

Baltimore's leadership void isn't just about the current mayor - the alternatives aren't so hot either.
- Opinion
Look for challengers to Pugh if violence continues into new year

After four years of 300-plus homicides, Baltimoreans should be worried and impatient with efforts to reduce crime

By Dan Rodricks

Jan 1, 2019
- Maryland
Baltimore man exonerated after 27 years in prison for murder he didn't commit

Clarence Shipley Jr. was exonerated Tuesday afternoon in Baltimore Circuit Court of robbing and killing a 29-year-old chef in Cherry Hill nearly three decades ago.

By Tim Prudente

Dec 18, 2018
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Feds to review every fentanyl arrest in Baltimore in hopes of moving more cases to federal court

With the number of fentanyl overdoses soaring in Maryland, federal prosecutors say they plan to bring more state drug cases to federal court, where penalties are stiffer.

By Tim Prudente

Dec 12, 2018
- News
Supreme Court denies Baltimore officers' appeal in case against Marilyn Mosby

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied an appeal from five Baltimore Police officers in a case in which they alleged they were wrongfully prosecuted for the death of Freddie Gray by Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby.

By Kevin Rector

Nov 13, 2018
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Baltimore Police officer found guilty of fabricating evidence in case where his own body camera captured the act

A Baltimore Police officer was found guilty by a judge of fabricating evidence in a case in which his own body-camera footage showed him placing drugs in a vacant lot and then acting as if he had just discovered them.

By Kevin Rector

Nov 9, 2018
- News
Baltimore police officer found not guilty of assault in Christmas Eve incident

A city police officer was acquitted Thursday of first-degree assault in a Christmas Eve incident in Northeast Baltimore by a Circuit Court judge following a three-day bench trial, his defense attorney and the city police officers’ union said.

By Colin Campbell

Oct 11, 2018

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