Freddie Gray case: Defense attorneys call for prosecutor to be dismissed
Source: CNN
(CNN)Attorneys for the six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray want the case dismissed or State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's office to be taken off the case.
A lengthy motion filed in Baltimore City District Court cites a variety of concerns, including conflicts of interest and questions about the office's independent investigation.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/08/us/freddie-gray-case-dismissal-motion/index.html
House of Roberts
(5,177 posts)Are they afraid she'll be too zealous in her job? She owes the victim, and the public, at least that much.
cstanleytech
(26,295 posts)Chakaconcarne
(2,454 posts)what the hell?
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)If the judge agrees they get a different prosecutor, if not they get a basis for appeal if their client is convicted.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)Two individuals wrongly, or at least with the wrong names, then she is really screwing up, going too fast, and being unforgivably sloppy. You do not charge anyone, even a cop, with murder and make a mistake as to identity. Her future just plummeted.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)They just had the same names as the cops.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)Still unforgivably sloppy.
LisaL
(44,973 posts)But their information was listed in court records.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/blog/bal-freddie-gray-arrest-documents-drawn-up-for-wrong-people-20150504-story.html
cstanleytech
(26,295 posts)would have read the article at the link before responding as based on some of their responses its clear they havent.
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)Reacting and posting without reading an article is a common trend here
cstanleytech
(26,295 posts)vkkv
(3,384 posts)Bwah Ha hA hA ha ha ha ha ! !!
blackspade
(10,056 posts)Another buzz phrase for: "She's Black"
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SunSeeker
(51,574 posts)In other words, she doesn't have a conflict in favor of the cops like the other so-called prosecutors.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)They want a white prosecutor who will go soft on the defendants so as to not make the police look bad. Unfortunately we all know how this is going to end. Kabuki theater at its finest.