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I never comment about politics. But Baltimore is a nice city with great people that are held hostage by a bunch of crooks in government.

DA Marylin Mosby, another corrupt Baltimore government official, apparently let the killer free after only 7 years of a 30 year violent offense incarceration. Mosby has personally increased the crime rate in Baltimore by failing to prosecute and letting criminals free. She is now federally indicted for perjury relating to bogus real estate transactions and taxes. This woman is a walking disaster.

https://www.city-journal.org/article/a-culture-of-corruption

Nick Mosby, her estranged husband and city council president, has also been accused of ethics violations:

https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2023/02/13/judge-rules-city-co...

The people of Baltimore deserve better than these bottom feeders.

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> DA Marylin Mosby, another corrupt Baltimore government official, apparently let the killer free after only 7 years of a 30 year violent offense incarceration.

That made no sense to me because once someone is convicted and sentenced the DA is out of the picture, so I did some searching and in fact that is not what happened. He was released because he met the statutory requirements for the state's early release program. (BTW, it was 9 years, not 7).

He was sentenced to 30 years with 16 suspended, which meant he would serve 14 years and then be paroled, and the 16 suspended could be imposed if he violated the terms of his parole.

Inmates in Maryland can earn credits that reduce their time for good behavior and work programs and education. For those not serving for violent crimes, large drug offenses, or sex offenses it is possible to earn up to 30 days credit per month. For people serving for some crimes (mainly sex crimes against someone under 16) no credits are allowed.

His crime fell between those which made him eligible for up to 20 days of credits per month with sufficient good behavior and/or work and/or education. That's what he did, and after 9 years had enough credits to cover the remaining time on his 14 years, and so was released.

You get what you vote for.

True, but people tend to act like similar programs don’t exist in red states also when they make statements such as yours…

(Also, Maryland had a republican governor up until recently)

You deserve what you tolerate.

That didn’t acknowledge anything that I said and was no different than the grandfather comment lol. You just pretty much reworded your original comment.

(Although, I do slightly agree less with this wording. It’s too absolute and doesn’t apply to all situations. But you know this.)

>True, but people tend to act like similar programs don’t exist in red states also when they make statements such as yours…

They don't, at least, not to the extent that they exist in blue states. Texas and Florida do not have programs as extensive as Maryland's. Texas doesn't have a good behavior program for inmates' terms at all.

>(Also, Maryland had a republican governor up until recently)

Immaterial, the governor does not pass laws, the legislature does. Maryland General Assembly has a supermajority of Democrats in both houses.

>That didn’t acknowledge anything that I said and was no different than the grandfather comment lol.

It's only "no difference" if words no longer have meaning, which is in vogue for leftists these days.

>You just pretty much reworded your original comment.

Again, only if words no longer have meaning. You can vote and tolerate differently.

LaPere was openly pro-BLM, which pushed "soft-on-crime" policies all over the US.

This is LeopardsAteMyFace to a T. We all know what would happen if we posted this story on /r/LeopardsAteMyFace though.

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