Mosby Tells Baltimore Lawmakers She Opposes Mandatory Minimum Sentences

Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby told lawmakers Friday that she doesn't believe in mandatory minimum sentences, a part of the violent crime proposals made by Gov. Larry Hogan.

"I don't believe the failed policies of the past 25 years are evidence-based and I am not a proponent of mandatory minimums," Mosby told the city's House delegation. "I think that we should have and [do] have the ability to have discretion and it has had a disproportionate impact on communities of color, one in which we are attempting to change and to fix."

On Thursday, Hogan refiled his three crime proposals as emergency legislation.

Mosby spent most of her testimony stressing efforts to prioritize victim and witness services and encouraging people to come forward to report violent crimes.