But never did I or could I have ever imagined that I would be mocked, that I would be ridiculed, that I would receive hate mail, that I would receive death threats, they would describe how my husband would be killed coming out of my house…
Marilyn Mosby
The Public Record
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September 18, 2022
We're not yet declaring, not yet declaring Adnan Syed's innocent. But we are declaring that in the interest of fairness and justice, he is entitled to a new trial.
— Marilyn Mosby
I understood that I was going to get pushback. But never did I or could I have ever imagined that I would be mocked, that I would be ridiculed, that I would receive hate mail, that I would receive death threats, they would describe how my…
I mean, to be honest with you, as -- I expected, as the state’s attorney, that fighting for racial justice in the criminal justice system, fighting to end mass incarceration in a state where you have the largest sort of incarceration of…
I offered to prove my innocence by making myself available to present exculpatory evidence to the grand jury. But the U.S. attorney and the lead prosecutor in the case, who has donated to my political opponents and who has personal animus…
Because of this verdict, we say to the world as a country, we`re no longer willfully ignorant, black lives do matter.
the world is literally watching to see if America’s justice system lives up to the ideals and the promise of ensuring one standard of justice for all.
So, one of the things that I recognized, as a prosecutor, my ability to shape the criminal justice system, recognizing, as I stated, that these low-level offenses for black people in this country can lead to a death sentence.
I think that we in this country have to think to start to reimagine what policing and public safety looks like, because, for black people in this country, these low-level offenses, this needless interaction with law enforcement can lead to…
We have got to get out. We have got to get this man out of office. Our life literally depends on this election.
His selection of Kamala Harris couldn't be more perfect. Not just in my opinion, but the opinion of so many black women all across this country.