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Baltimore Drops Dozens of Cases After Videos Appear to Show Officers Planting Drugs
Friday, 04 August 2017 09:17

Fortin writes: "Over a hundred criminal cases that would have relied on testimony from those three officers are now under review. As of Wednesday afternoon, 41 had been dropped or were set to be dropped."

Marilyn J. Mosby, the state’s attorney for Baltimore, said prosecutors “have been working around the clock to ensure a thorough evaluation of each and every case” related to the officers in question. (photo: Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times)
Marilyn J. Mosby, the state’s attorney for Baltimore, said prosecutors “have been working around the clock to ensure a thorough evaluation of each and every case” related to the officers in question. (photo: Gabriella Demczuk/The New York Times)

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Baltimore Drops Dozens of Cases After Videos Appear to Show Officers Planting Drugs

By Jacey Fortin, The New York Times

04 August 17

 

tate attorneys are dismissing dozens of cases in Baltimore after reviewing a video that appears to show a police officer planting evidence while two other officers look on.

Over a hundred criminal cases that would have relied on testimony from those three officers are now under review. As of Wednesday afternoon, 41 had been dropped or were set to be dropped.

“The credibility of those officers has now been directly called into question,” Marilyn J. Mosby, the state’s attorney for Baltimore, said at a news conference on Friday.


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