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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Harvard law professor: criticism of Mosby over Gray trials is 'wholly unfounded'
2016-07-26
[BALTIMORESUN] A threatened ethics probe and sharp criticism from elites who rarely experience the criminal justice system is a naked attempt to bully a chief prosecutorial officer into treating certain accused lawbreakers different from others. Indeed, distilled to its essence, the complaint against Ms. Mosby is that she demonstrates fidelity to the principle that no man is above the law. Her detractors would have it that poor blacks are charged when a grand jury finds probable cause, but not for officers.

It is equally clear that Ms. Mosby's detractors are not making a broader claim about prosecutorial discretion in the criminal justice system. Those speaking loudest and filing specious complaints curiously have been deafeningly silent when it comes to decisions that the same grand jury has made about other Baltimore citizens. The absence of outrage on behalf of everyday citizens exposes the logical consequences of their arguments: Two sets of laws for the people of Baltimore. But we live in a country where equality is the pillar of our democracy. To so blatantly advocate for preferential treatment for one class of citizens offends the very foundation upon which our
Posted by:Fred

#6  They seem to be O.K. with replacing Constitution rights with a kangaroo justice system.

It's OK. They're "oppressed".
Posted by: gorb   2016-07-26 13:46  

#5  "That's the thing about racial show trials," said Ronald S. Sullivan, criminal law professor at the Harvard Law School. "You lose some, and then you lose some more, until you lost them all."
Posted by: regular joe   2016-07-26 13:22  

#4  Mosby had these cops hung out to dry and all but lynched from the get go all to further her career. The city is 65% black, the cops are largely black, the prosecutor is black, the mayor is black, and their Congressman is black. They seem to be O.K. with replacing Constitution rights with a kangaroo justice system.
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-07-26 08:00  

#3  How about filing charges before the investigation was completed (or even started) in an obviously attempt to garner public approval and earn 'street cred'? I suppose that wasn't unethical at all...

Making that press conference where she stated that they were guilty (before even the investigation was completed) and 'justice would be done'.

There wasn't probably cause - she pulled her 'evidence' out of her ass.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2016-07-26 01:17  

#2  Yep - he's African American. Fight the power!
Posted by: Raj   2016-07-26 00:52  

#1  'To so blatantly advocate for preferential treatment for one class of citizens offends the very foundation upon which our democracy rests.'

If this is true, what are we to make of the recommendation of the FBI head with regard to prosecution of Ms. Clinton?

He made clear that the probable cause criterion was definitely met- he stated that she had committed several felonies. Yet he recommended not even having a prosecutor consider the convening of a grand jury.

His sin must therefore be an order of magnitude greater than that advocating that police officers should not be prosecuted when no evidence is to be presented that a crime was committed. (according to the presiding judge)
Posted by: Grins Snese4215   2016-07-26 00:32  

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