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Marilyn Mosby may have an ethical obligation to abandon the rest of the Freddie Gray trials
hotair.com ^ | June 25, 2016 | JAZZ SHAW

Posted on 06/25/2016 9:42:10 AM PDT by PROCON

With the complete acquittal of Caesar Goodson this week, the argument being made by Maryland State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has essentially imploded. Goodson was allegedly the “most culpable” in the death of Freddie Gray and the one officer involved in the incident who might have been convicted on any sort of charges. There are still four more trials slated to take place, however, all of which would grind more salt into the wounds between City Hall and the police force. Should they even continue? Legal experts are weighing in on the subject and there’s a fair case to to be made that Mosby should simply quit while she’s behind. (AT&T News)

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Government
KEYWORDS: baltimore; caesargoodson; freddiegray; marilynmosby; maryland; police
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To: Red Badger

I agree. And the lawsuits that have been brought should be against her personally, not the taxpayers.


21 posted on 06/25/2016 10:32:03 AM PDT by Abby4116
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To: PROCON

The delightful thing about all of this is that it derails her political trajectory, which in a hothouse like Baltimore was actually pretty good before this folly.


22 posted on 06/25/2016 10:39:25 AM PDT by Senator Goldwater
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To: Senator Goldwater
Well, if the November election brings us President Hillary (*shudder*), MS. Mosby will probably become Chief White House council.
23 posted on 06/25/2016 10:43:39 AM PDT by PROCON (Americans First or Terrorists First - Choose in November)
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To: PROCON

Marilyn Mosby belongs in jail.


24 posted on 06/25/2016 10:46:45 AM PDT by Pelham (Obama and his Islam infested administration)
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To: umgud

Are you saying that the policeman tried and found not guilty are in convicted criminals, and they deserve further punishment by any means necessary?


25 posted on 06/25/2016 10:48:28 AM PDT by SoCal Pubbie
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To: USNBandit

This goes beyond having a weak case, the prosecutors’ performance in preparing and presenting has been a train wreck.


Thanks. They should dismiss the rest of the case. No new witnesses and their star witnesses have failed to corroborate the fictional narrative that was created by the mob from the outset. The facts have never been on the side of Mosby and I fear for our country when those who must preserve justice subscribe to mob driven prosecutions.


26 posted on 06/25/2016 10:51:33 AM PDT by volunbeer (ABH for President! - Anybody but Hillary)
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To: Okieshooter

I don’t worry about her, she is cute enough and stupid enough to either be a porn star of a 100 a night hooker.


27 posted on 06/25/2016 10:52:36 AM PDT by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware)
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To: PROCON

She had an ethical obligation not to bring the cases in the first place. At this point, in for a penny, in for a pound.


28 posted on 06/25/2016 10:54:22 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: SoCal Pubbie

No that is what the fine Baltimore mayor says. They are hell-bent on destroying these guys. I hope it blows up in their faces. Freddie Grey killed himself, though not meaning to by ramming his head into the rear door.


29 posted on 06/25/2016 10:56:34 AM PDT by umgud (ban muslims, not guns)
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To: volunbeer
-- Wouldn't the other prosecutions rely on the first successful prosecutions? --

No, not technically. Each case stands on its own, because each has individual fact patterns.

Also technically and ethically, a prosecutor is not supposed to file a charge and gin up the court process, unless they have sufficient evidence and a legal theory that can produce a conviction. In practice, prosecutors often bring charges without that level of evidence, or without a legal theory (see Zimmerman case), because the legal system facilitates "punishment by process."

The only risk she is taking is political. She is on firm / safe ethical grounds, in that even if she acts unethically, no court is going to call her out for bringing a case that is almost certainly going to result in an acquittal.

Who knows, the same (weak) case before a different judge could in fact end up in a conclusion of guilt. Plenty of "hangin' judges" out there.

30 posted on 06/25/2016 11:00:18 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: PROCON
the b!tch had an ethical bypass at birth...
31 posted on 06/25/2016 11:03:35 AM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: PROCON
there’s a fair case to to be made that Mosby should simply quit while she’s behind.

for libtards it's the good intentions and the emotions behind the action that counts, not whether its actually just or sensible.

32 posted on 06/25/2016 11:10:10 AM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: Red Badger

Fired?! She should be disbarred and brought up on charges of prosecutorial misconduct.


33 posted on 06/25/2016 11:14:39 AM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
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To: PROCON

Nope whe will do all four trials and lose 4 more times.


34 posted on 06/25/2016 11:15:04 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Mouton

I know.......I could tell when she first hit the microphone with that smirk on her face and her hearing the calls for justice for Freddy Gray that this was going to be a witch (bytch) hunt to make SOMEONE pay. With every not-guilty verdict I want to dance around the room......I have popcorn ready for what is yet to come.


35 posted on 06/25/2016 11:23:54 AM PDT by Dawgreg (Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have.)
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To: PROCON

Is this a joke? Somebody expects self serving racial pimps to act ethically??


36 posted on 06/25/2016 11:47:01 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: PROCON

BS, I’m not pro Mosby, but some of these cops are certainly guilty of manslaughter from their malfeasance.

Save your rabid responses for something more important than these P.O.S cops and this P.O.S State Attorney.


37 posted on 06/25/2016 12:52:12 PM PDT by Fhios (The U.S needs Hillary like a fish needs a bicycle.)
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To: USNBandit

I’ve never seen the ‘sandwich theorem’ used in adjudicating criminal cases.


38 posted on 06/25/2016 12:55:16 PM PDT by Fhios (The U.S needs Hillary like a fish needs a bicycle.)
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To: Cboldt

The States’ cases so far have depended completely on ignorance, emotion, and suppression of exculpatory evidence. Mosby rushed into this without realizing her entire program would collapse if defendants chose Bench Trials to evade lynch mobs of their peers.

Does conducting her own investigation expose Mosby to personal liability in the various lawsuits filed by the officers? (And Schatzow and Bledsoe?). Smarter heads than theirs might want to mitigate their own exposure by stopping trials for which there is no hope of a conviction, and that seem to produce more evidence of misconduct with each repetition.


39 posted on 06/25/2016 1:00:38 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: volunbeer

Even their expert witnesses have been getting crushed.


40 posted on 06/25/2016 1:08:10 PM PDT by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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