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Baltimore's Convicted Former State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby's Request for Curfew Replacement Denied by Judge

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Published on October 16, 2024
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Marilyn Mosby's time as Baltimore City's top prosecutor has ended with a conviction, but her hopes for a new job are now restricted. As reported by FOX Baltimore, a federal judge recently confirmed that she must remain in home detention, blocking her plans to travel across the state each day.

On the table was a proposition from Mosby to swap her home detention with a curfew that would grant her daylight hours of freedom from 6 am until 9 pm, this seemingly in line with the demands of her new title as Director of Global Strategic Planning for an unnamed California-based firm that would require her presence throughout Maryland, but Judge Lydia Griggsby, unswayed by request, has sought further details about this new job before considering any revisions to Mosby's supervision, as WMAR 2 News detailed.

The defense had painted this new job as a beacon for Mosby's career, one that called for her expertise in strategic planning on a global scale, catering specifically to strategic partnerships and budget management. However, the United States Probation Office and prosecutors found the information about this role insufficient, prompting Judge Griggsby's decision.

There's a history of legal struggles trailing behind Mosby, tagged with two counts of perjury and one for making a false statement on a home mortgage application earlier this year. Her conviction came after a series of trials that cumulated early in 2024. Despite what could have been a sterner sentence, Griggsby administered supervised release with 12 months of home detention, the judge's recent ruling reinforced with a note that, "to date, the Defendant has not provided the requested information to the United States Probation Office," as per courtroom documents cited by WMAR 2 News.