Marilyn Mosby

Marilyn Mosby
Mosby in February 2016, speaking at a meeting of Maryland Young Democrats
State's attorney for Baltimore City
Incumbent
Assumed office January 8, 2015
Preceded by	Gregg Bernstein
Personal details
Born	Marilyn James (1980-01-22) January 22, 1980 (age 37)
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Nick Mosby (m. 2005)
Children	2
Alma mater	Boston College (J.D.) Tuskegee University

Marilyn Mosby (née James; born January 22, 1980) is the State's Attorney for Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

Her grandfather was one of the first African-American police officers in Massachusetts. She graduated from Boston College Law School in 2005.

In 2015, Mosby charged six police officers, who had arrested Freddie Gray prior to his death, with a variety of crimes including second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. None of the officers were convicted. After the first trial ended in a mistrial and the next two ended in acquittals, charges against the other officers were withdrawn. Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz said he believed Mosby had overcharged the officers to satisfy protesters and prevent further disturbances. Former Baltimore Prosecutor Page Croyder penned an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun in which she described Mosby's charges as reflecting "either incompetence or an unethical recklessness", Croyder opined that Mosby circumvented normal procedures "to step into the national limelight", and that she "pandered to the public", creating an expectation of a conviction, and George Washington University Law School professor John F. Banzhaf III filed a complaint with the Maryland's Attorney Grievance Commission against Mosby, saying she did not have probable cause to charge the six officers in the death of Freddie Gray, and that she repeatedly withheld evidence from the officers' defense attorneys.

Mosby, born Marilyn James, was raised in Dorchester, Boston by her grandparents. Her mother, Linda Thompson, was 17 when Mosby was born. Her mother and father were both police officers; her family traces its association with the police back over two generations. She attended Dover-Sherborn High School, an hour away from her home as a result of the longest standing school desegregation program in country, METCO. She served in the Student Government Association, and was co-editor of the school newspaper.