Former Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby was sentenced to time served, three years of supervised release, and one year of home confinement for perjury and mortgage fraud.
Mosby is best known for prosecuting six police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray in 2015. Her sentencing hearing began Thursday. She was convicted of lying in her financial documents during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to access retirement funds.
Mosby and her defenders claimed the charges were politically motivated and that she was being prosecuted for her actions around the Freddie Gray case.
“I’m confident that this administration will see past the political attacks,” Mosby told MSNBC’s Joy Reid. “I know that I’ve done nothing wrong, nothing criminal.”
Prosecutors are using her steadfastness as evidence she deserves a harsher sentence, as she hasn’t shown remorse.
“These lies demonstrate that Marilyn Mosby is unremorseful, that she has no regard for the truth,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Sean Delaney said.
Prosecutors pushed for a 20-month sentence, but U.S. District Judge Lydia Kay Griggsby asked whether there were any victims of Mosby’s charges.
“It’s a good question, your honor,” Delaney responded. “I get it. This isn’t an embezzlement case.”
But Delaney also said that since Mosby lied under oath, she had harmed the public. “All citizens are victims when their public officials lie,” he said.
James Wyda, one of Mosby’s attorneys said that “this is not a public corruption case.”
“There was no financial loss to any victim,” he added.
Judge Griggsby took into account that Mosby’s crimes didn’t involve taxpayer money and that the possibility of separating Mosby from her two daughters “weighed very heavily” on her decision.
Mosby, for her part, celebrated after the hearing, hugging her supporters and saying, “I’m just so incredibly grateful. This is not over, but God was here today.”
Progressive Democrats have urged Biden to pardon Mosby, though the White House has remained quiet about any plans to do so.
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“I don’t want to be speaking to any individual pardon request,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. “That is not something I can do. The Department of Justice has their process, a process that is thorough, that is deliberative.”
Mosby’s prosecution of six police officers ended conclusively — after three were cleared, she dropped charges against the rest. The case led to large riots across Baltimore.
