Marilyn Mosby

Marilyn Mosby (born January 22, 1980 ) is an American prosecutor in Baltimore , who became known with her indictment against six police officers. The police are under investigation for manslaughter and negligent homicide in connection with the death of Freddie Gray . Freddie Gray's death sparked riots and street battles in Baltimore in the spring of 2015.

Raised in Boston as a child of police officers, she studied law at Tuskegee University (2002) and graduated with a Juris Doctor from Boston College Law School (2012). In the fall of 2014 she won the election as public prosecutor against all forecasts against the party's incumbent public prosecutor Gregg L. Bernstein. She is married and a member of the Democratic Party .

Freddie Gray case

After Freddie Gray's death in police custody, Mosby decided to indict six of the police officers involved in the arrest in 2015. On June 23, 2016, one of the officers, Caesar R. Goodson, driver of the police van in which Gray was lying on the ground and found with a broken spine at the end of the journey, was acquitted on all charges. He was the policeman on whom the prosecution had placed the greatest responsibility for Gray's death. After his acquittal, the local press assumed that Mosby's professional and political career was over.

Web links

• Marilyn Mosby's Official Site at the Baltimore Prosecutor's Office

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tages-Anzeiger : You know what police officers are capable of , accessed on May 11, 2015
2. ↑ Michael Walsh: "Freddie Gray's death ruled a homicide; 6 Baltimore officers charged" Yahoo.com, May 1, 2015
3. ↑ Outcome of officers' trials could impact prosecutor Marilyn Mosby's political career, observers say , Baltimore Sun , June 23, 2016