Freddie Gray trial judge denies motion to remove Marilyn Mosby from case

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Freddie Gray trial judge denies motion to remove Marilyn Mosby from case

Nicky Woolf in Baltimore
Wednesday 2 September 2015 17.46 BST

A Baltimore judge on Wednesday denied a raft of motions aimed at removing state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby from a case involving six police officers criminally charged in the death of Freddie Gray.

The motions filed by the defence team aimed variously to sanction or recuse Mosby, who became a national figure when she announced the charges against the officers.

The charges range from second-degree assault, a misdemeanor, to second-degree “depraved-heart” murder.

In court, judge Barry Williams described one of the motions – which claimed that by reading the probable cause statement in a press conference on the day her office filed charges, Mosby herself became a witness and should therefore be prevented from the case – as “mind-boggling”.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/02/first-court-hearing-begins-in-death-of-freddie-gray-in-baltimore

[Gothmog]

1. That motion to remove was a very dumb motion

[malaise]

2. Great news

Rec

[GummyBearz]

3. Lawyers....

I had the pleasure of attending a wedding in which the bride's father was a judge. Every single person there was a lawyer. They were so mind-boggling mundane I can perfectly imagine any one of them arguing this motion. It was a beautiful wedding with great food, great venue, an open bar (!) and all they want to talk about is their boring ass job and boring ass daily commute on the train.... jfc I wanted to smack them into the moment so they could enjoy it for a second.