Council member blasts state?s attorney over ?excuses?

Published July 19, 2006 4:00am ET



Baltimore City Council member James Kraft criticized city State?s Attorney Patricia Jessamy on Tuesday, saying she looks for excuses to drop cases, rather than prosecute them.

“Everything that?s wrong with the criminal justice system in Baltimore is everybody?s fault but the state?s attorney,” Kraft said. “It?s easy to drop cases and blame everybody else.”

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