On Thursday, former Baltimore, Maryland, prosecutor Marilyn Mosby received her sentence for convictions on mortgage fraud and perjury:
A former Baltimore city prosecutor who achieved a national profile for charging police officers in a Black man’s death was spared any prison time in her sentence Thursday for perjury and mortgage fraud.
Marilyn Mosby’s sentence includes 12 months of home confinement, 100 hours of community service and three years of supervised release.
After the hearing was adjourned, Mosby hugged her supporters, some of whom applauded when the judge announced the sentence.
The sentence does not appear to be out of line with what is essentially a white-collar crime. Mosby has regularly maintained her innocence on all counts:
Mosby was convicted of lying about her finances to make early withdrawals from retirement funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, and fraudulently…
