Turning Cities Over to Gangs- Baltimore Dismisses Over 600 Cases, Will No Longer Prosecute Long List of Crimes Including Drug Possession

Marilyn Mosby, the Baltimore State Attorney best known for prosecuting six officers she believed was at fault for the in-custody death of Freddie Gray, a mission in which she miserably failed, is turning heads once again. 

Mosby has determined that certain offenses will no longer be prosecuted by her office, and as a result, tossed out almost six hundred criminal arrest warrants. 

Criminal cases in which she now refuses to prosecute include drug possession, paraphernalia possession, prostitution, trespassing, minor traffic offenses, open container of alcohol, rogue and vagabond, and urinating/defecating in public. 

Mosby, besides failing to file criminal charges on those being arrested, also took it upon herself to file paperwork in front of a judge to dismiss all charges against those not taken into custody at the time of her decision. 

“COVID-19 in jails is still a major public health threat, and we want to slow the number of people entering the criminal justice system. As prosecutors, we are committed to protecting the safety and wellbeing of everyone in our community.

“We are not prosecuting certain offenses, so logically we do not want people to be held on warrants associated with those offenses.  As we have shown in the three months since introducing our new policies, we can balance public health and public safety and this work continues along that path.”

Regardless of whether the pandemic is the real reason for her decision, this is not the first time she has made waves regarding criminal offenses. 

In January of 2019, Mosby also decided that her office would no longer pursue marijuana charges, stating at a press conference:

“I’m announcing a monumental shift in public policy as it relates to marijuana possession in the city of Baltimore.  Effective immediately, the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office will no longer prosecute marijuana possession cases regardless of weight and/or criminal history.” 

This would mean that someone caught with twenty kilos, something that would be trafficking in most states, would not even get so much as a citation.

In addition, Mosby filed court paperwork requesting that several thousand of marijuana convictions dating back to 2011 be overturned, ranging from mere possession to trafficking, in Circuit and District Court. 

The judges hearing the cases, Circuit Court Judge W Michel Pierson and District Court Judge Kathleen Sweeny, denied her motions.  Judge Sweeny stated that her attempts at vacating these convictions were a conflict of interest because her duty was to be a witness for the state, and the way in which she filed the requests were done normally by defense attorneys.

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