2015–2021 Term Report

SEPTEMBER 2021
The SAO hosted nine Chat
and Chew events in each police
district throughout the city
providing attendees with an
update of the SAO activities
since the pandemic and offering
an in person opportunity for
informal discussions about
questions the community had.
A judge freed David Morris after he
spent just short of 17 years in prison for
a murder he did not commit. The
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP)
brought the case to the attention of the
Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s
Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU). In 2018,
the CIU began a lengthy
re-investigation of the case, and agreed
that Mr. Morris had been wrongfully
convicted. Paul Madison had his murder
conviction overturned and was released
after 30 years in prison. Madison was
freed following an investigation by The
SAO CIU and the Mid-Atlantic
Innocence Project (MAIP).
FIRST GVRS MEETING –
State’s Attorney Mosby joined Mayor
Brandon Scott and Police Commissioner
ichael Harrison at the New Shiloh Baptist
Church to launch the first Group Violence
eduction Strategy (GVRS) meeting. GVRS
gs city resources together with social services
o address the causes of shootings and stop
ple from turning to violence. Part of the GVRS
implementation includes the Baltimore
Community Intelligence Centers (BCICs).
By incorporating staff from the SAO –
cluding a dedicated community liaison and
rosecutor - at the district level, BCICs will
provide the physical infrastructure to
convene all GVRS law enforcement
and community partners
OCTOBER 2021
State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby
and Prince George’s County
State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy
published their offices’ ‘Do Not
Call’ lists. The Do Not Call list
includes those police officers
who have engaged in conduct
that renders their potential
testimony unreliable or
non-credible. The State’s
Attorney’s Offices will not call
officers on the Do Not Call list
as a witness.
OCTOBER 2021
The SAO launched the 'Faces of
Actual Innocence' campaign to
inform residents and students in
Baltimore City about the stories
of men who were wrongfully
incarcerated and the support
underway for crime victims and
their family members who were
denied justice. In partnership
with WJZ, the campaign included
video interviews with the
exonerated men, a partnership
with restorative justice nonprofit
"Healing Justice", and culminated
in a panel discussion on
International Wrongful
Conviction Day - at the University
of Maryland, Baltimore School of
Social Work.
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