{"id":27613,"date":"2024-05-24T03:40:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T08:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=27613"},"modified":"2024-05-24T03:40:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T08:40:08","slug":"ex-baltimore-prosecutor-marilyn-mosby-spared-prison-for-perjury-and-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=27613","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby spared prison for perjury and fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mosby, who led prosecution of police over Freddie Gray death, sentenced to 12 months home confinement<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A former Baltimore<\/a> city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police officers in a Black man\u2019s death was spared prison time in her sentence on Thursday for perjury and mortgage fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former state\u2019s attorney Marilyn Mosby\u2019s sentence includes 12 months of home confinement, 100 hours of community service and three years of supervised release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the sentencing hearing, Mosby hugged her supporters, some of whom applauded when the judge announced the sentence. \u201cI\u2019m just so incredibly grateful,\u201d Mosby told dozens of supporters outside the courthouse. \u201cThis is not over, but God was here today.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mosby was convicted of lying about her finances<\/a> to make early withdrawals from retirement funds during the Covid-19 pandemic, and fraudulently claiming that her own $5,000 was a gift from her then husband as she closed on a Florida condominium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mosby, 44, has maintained her innocence. She declined to address the US district judge Lydia Kay Griggsby before learning her sentence. Her lawyers said they would appeal her conviction and sentence while they seek a presidential pardon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a sad day for Mosby and her family, the judge told Mosby. \u201cIt\u2019s also a sad day for the city of Baltimore,\u201d said Griggsby, adding that Mosby displayed a \u201cpattern of dishonesty\u201d while serving in a public office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also noted that her crimes did not involve any taxpayer money and said the prospect of separating Mosby from her two young daughters \u201cweighed very heavily\u201d on her decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Griggsby questioned assistant US attorney Sean Delaney when he argued for a 20-month sentence. \u201cAre there victims and who are they?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good question, your honor,\u201d Delaney responded. \u201cI get it. This isn\u2019t an embezzlement case.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delaney said it harmed the public when a public official lies under oath: \u201cAll citizens are victims when their public officials lie,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delaney also denied claims by Mosby\u2019s supporters that she is a victim of selective prosecution and said she had repeatedly lied about the case and prosecutors\u2019 handling of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mosby gained national attention when she charged officers in the 2015 death of Freddie Gray, which led to riots and protests in the city. After three officers were acquitted, Mosby\u2019s office dropped charges against the other three officers. She ultimately served two terms as state\u2019s attorney before she was indicted and lost re-election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James Wyda, one of Mosby\u2019s attorneys, argued that Mosby was \u201cin a category of one\u201d, a unique case. \u201cThis is not a public corruption case,\u201d he said. \u201cThere was no financial loss to any victim.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump told the judge that imprisoning Mosby for a victimless, \u201cminor white-collar crime\u201d would be a \u201cgrave injustice\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Mosby withdrew $90,000 from Baltimore city\u2019s deferred compensation plan and used it to make down payments on vacation homes in Kissimmee and Longboat Key, Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutors argued that Mosby improperly accessed the funds under provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act by falsely claiming that the pandemic had harmed her travel-oriented side business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In court documents, Mosby\u2019s lawyers argued that the retirement funds came from her own income and that no one was defrauded because she paid an early withdrawal penalty and all federal taxes on the money. The government said that money remained the property of the city until she was legally eligible, and her perjury harmed everyone who followed the rules during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mosby\u2019s mortgage fraud conviction stems from a $5,000 \u201cgift letter\u201d she submitted when taking a loan to buy the Longboat Key property. Prosecutors said the letter falsely stated that Mosby\u2019s husband was giving her a $5,000 gift for the closing when it actually was her own money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Federal prosecutors also said she deserved prison because unlike others convicted of white-collar crimes, she had expressed no remorse or contrition and had tried to delegitimize the case against her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mosby\u2019s attorneys urged the judge to spare her from prison. They said she was the only public official who had been prosecuted in Maryland<\/a> for federal offenses \u201cthat entail no victim, no financial loss and no use of public funds\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJail is not justice for Marilyn Mosby,\u201d her lawyers wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

theguardian<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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