Baltimore Ending Prosecution of "Low Level Crimes"

Baltimore Ending Prosecution of "Low Level Crimes"

Baltimore Permanently Ends Prosecution of ‘Low-Level’ Crimes Like Prostitution – The Epoch Times

The city of Baltimore is permanently ending the prosecution of crimes described as low-level and non-violent, including prostitution and drug possession. Officials late last week said the adoption comes after a one-year period of trying the criminal justice approach was successful, as crimes across the board decreased.

“Clearly the data suggests that there is no public safety value in prosecuting these low level offenses,” Marilyn Mosby, a Democrat who serves as the State’s Attorney for Baltimore, told reporters at a press conference. Not prosecuting offenses like trespassing, urinating in public, and drug possession will allow prosecutors to focus on more serious crimes as courts reopen from closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mosby added.

“I want my prosecutors working with the police to focus on violent offenses like armed robbery, carjackings, and, yes, drug dealing and distribution organizations that are the underbelly of the violence in Baltimore, not using valuable jury trial time on those that suffer from addiction,” she said, adding later, “America’s failed war on drugs on drug users and the city of Baltimore is over.”

- Father, we ask that You move to help those who are caught in addictions and sexual sins. This move by the prosecutor does not seem a logical one, but You alone are the One who can work in the hearts of all who need You. Deliver them and release them from the bondage they have been under.