Baltimore prosecutors dispute motion to move Freddie Gray death trial
Source: Reuters
Baltimore prosecutors dispute motion to move Freddie Gray death trial
Source: Reuters - Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:01 GMT
By Donna Owens
BALTIMORE, June 26 (Reuters) - Baltimore prosecutors on Friday disputed a defense motion to move the trial of police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, saying jurors could be impartial in the high-profile case.
In a filing in Baltimore City Circuit Court, State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby and Deputy State's Attorney Janice Bledsoe said lawyers for the six officers relied upon an outdated view of how prejudice should be measured.
"They misconceive the meaning of juror 'impartiality' in high-publicity cases, incorrectly equating knowledge of a crime with prejudgment of the accused," they wrote in the 55-page filing.
"They also ignore 100 years of precedent by asking the court to order removal so soon after the cases have been charged."
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rocktivity
(44,577 posts)A land of Honnah Lee, or the land where the bong tree grows?
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Chakab
(1,727 posts)the police and almost no sympathy for people like Freddie Gray.
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)rather than the cops. That's how it goes with these things. It was Trayvon on trial when it was supposed to be George Zimmerman. It was Michael Brown on trial... and so on... Discredit them, turn them into the dangerous 'thug', to provide some sick justification for their murders.
And if they move the venue, the jury certainly won't be Freddie Gray's 'peers'.
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)a good sized population from which to get a jury.
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)more likely to have sympathy for the cops?
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cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)I found on google and the fact thats the only one thats large enough and furthest from Baltimore thats still within the state which isnt saying much since Maryland is a freaking small state.
Edit: Or can they move trial out of state?
Calista241
(5,586 posts)Trials are moved for a million reasons. Widespread riots and civil unrest over the commitment of a crime should probably be a decent reason to move a trial to a new venue.
DiverDave
(4,887 posts)The truth is the same in Balmer as it is in Easton.
Hold the trial where it happened.