Baltimore’s Former Top Prosecutor Spared Prison for Mortgage Fraud and Perjury
24th May 2024
A former Baltimore city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police officers in a Black man’s death was spared prison time in her sentence Thursday for perjury and mortgage fraud.
Democratic former State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s sentence includes 12 months of home confinement, 100 hours of community service and three years of supervised release.
After the sentencing hearing, Mosby hugged her supporters, some of whom applauded when the judge announced the sentence.
“I’m just so incredibly grateful,” Mosby told dozens of supporters outside the courthouse. “This is not over, but God was here today.”
Mosby was convicted of lying about her finances to make early withdrawals from retirement funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, and fraudulently claiming that her own $5,000 was a gift from her then-husband as she closed on a Florida condominium.
If she had been a Republican, of course, she’d be rotting in jail.