Marilyn Mosby

Marilyn Jones Mosby
State's Attorney for Baltimore City
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 8, 2015[1]
Preceded by Gregg Bernstein[2]
Personal details
Born January 22, 1980[3]
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Nick Mosby (m. 2004)[4]
Children 2
Alma mater Boston College Law School '05
Tuskegee University '02

Marilyn Jones Mosby is an American lawyer, currently the State's Attorney for Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[5]

On May 1, 2015, Mosby charged the six police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray with crimes including Second Degree Murder and Involuntary Manslaughter.[6][7]

Early life

Mosby was raised in the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester, by her grandmother.[8] Her mother and father were both police officers; her family traces its association with the police back over five generations.[5]

She attended Dover-Sherborn High School, an hour away from her home. She served in the Student Government Association and was co-editor of the school newspaper.[8]

Her interest in practicing law was sparked by the murder of her 17-year-old cousin outside her home, when he was mistakenly identified as a drug dealer and killed by another 17-year-old.[5]

Mosby received a scholarship at Tuskegee University, Alabama,[8] where she studied and met her future husband Nick Mosby, who presently serves on the Baltimore City Council.[5] Mosby earned her Juris Doctor degree from Boston College Law School.[5]

Career

Mosby served as Assistant Attorney General for Maryland from 2005 to 2012.[9] She became a litigator for Liberty Mutual Insurance in 2012.[10]

In 2013, she announced plans to run for State's Attorney for the city of Baltimore.[9] She ran against incumbent Gregg L. Bernstein in the Democratic primary.[9] In the Democratic primary, Mosby defeated Bernstein with 55 percent of the vote.[10] She faced no opposition in the general election.[11] Mosby won the general election, receiving 94 percent of the vote, defeating Independent Russell A. Neverdon Sr., who staged a write-in campaign.[12][13] At the time of her election, Mosby was the youngest district attorney in the nation.[14][15]

Mosby was sworn into office on January 8, 2015.[16] Soon after her first term in office had begun, Mosby announced restructuring of her office that was inspired by ideas from prosecutors' offices in New York, Los Angeles, and Atlanta.[17] Deputy State's Attorney Janice Bledsoe was named to oversee the new division of "criminal intelligence", while Detective Joshua Rosenblatt was appointed to lead the Criminal Strategies Unit, which would use technology, data analysis, and intelligence-gathering to identify trends in crimes and offenders in order to target offenders for law enforcement.[17] Mosby reestablished community liaison positions, which her predecessor had eliminated, to inform residents of developments in cases relevant to their neighborhood.[17] Mosby also created the Policy and Legislative Affairs Unit, headed by Lisa Smith, that would advocate for legislation to help keep residents safe and prosecute cases efficiently.[17]

In 2015, Mosby charged six police officers, who arrested Freddie Gray prior to the his death, with a variety of crimes including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter.[6][7]

Personal life

She is married to Nick Mosby, a Baltimore city councilman.[6] They have been married since 2005.[8] They have two daughters.[9] They live in the Reservoir Hill neighborhood of Baltimore.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Marilyn Mosby sworn in as Baltimore City state's attorney". WBALTV. January 9, 2015. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ Sharrow, Ryan (December 16, 2014). "Baltimore City State's Attorney Gregg Bernstein rejoining Zuckerman Spaeder". Baltimore Business Journal. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Marilyn Mosby Linkedin Profile". Retrieved 1 May 2015. (registration required (help)).
  4. ↑ Morrison, Aaron (April 30, 2015). "Who Is Marilyn Mosby? Baltimore City State's Attorney To Decide If Officers Are Charged In Freddie Gray's Death". International Business Times. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Chuck, Elizabeth (April 30, 2015). "Meet Marilyn Mosby, the Woman Overseeing the Freddie Gray Investigation". NBC News.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Calvert, Scott; Palazzolo, Joe (April 30, 2015). "After Baltimore Riots, Focus Turns to New Prosecutor: City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby must decide whether to charge police in man's death". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Walsh, Michael (May 1, 2015). "Freddie Gray's death ruled a homicide; six Baltimore officers charged". Yahoo News. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Adams, Blair (September 28, 2013). "African-American Power Couple at Baltimore's Vanguard". Afro-American (Baltimore, Maryland). p. A1, A10. (registration required (help)).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Broadwater, Luke (June 24, 2013). "Marilyn Mosby seeks to become city's top prosecutor". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Mosby defeats Bernstein in Baltimore prosecutor's primary". The Daily Record. June 24, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  11. ↑ Rector, Kevin; Duncan, Ian (September 9, 2014). "Neverdon loses again as he strives for place on November ballot". The Baltimore Sun.
  12. ↑ Alejandro, Roberto (November 8, 2014). "Hogan Beats Brown". Afro-American (Baltimore, Maryland). p. A1, A3. (registration required (help)).
  13. ↑ Duncan, Ian (November 4, 2014). "Mosby is next Baltimore state's attorney". The Baltimore Sun.
  14. ↑ Dillon, Nancy (April 30, 2015). "New Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby — youngest chief prosecutor in a major U.S. city — is set to take on the Freddie Gray case". New York Daily News.
  15. ↑ Ford, Dana; Sanchez, Ray (May 1, 2015). "Who is Marilyn Mosby?: Prosecutor in Freddie Gray case has talked of need to 'repair' trust". CNN.
  16. ↑ "Marilyn Mosby sworn in as Baltimore City state's attorney: Mosby, 34, becomes youngest top prosecutor in U.S.". WBAL-TV (Baltimore, Maryland). January 9, 2015.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Anderson, Jessica; Fenton, Justin (January 14, 2015). "Mosby announces new leadership, strategies". The Baltimore Sun.
  18. ↑ Davis, Krishana (July 6, 2013). "Marilyn Mosby Launches Campaign for State's Attorney Post". Afro-American (Baltimore, Maryland). p. A4. (registration required (help)).