By Tavon N. Thomasson
AFRO Intern
As of June 20, former Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby has officially completed her year-long home detention sentence.
According to previous reporting by the AFRO, Mosby was convicted of “two counts of perjury for falsely claiming she experienced financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to withdraw funds from Baltimore City’s Deferred Compensation Plan.” She was also convicted of one count of mortgage fraud related to a purchase of a property in Longboat Key, Florida.
Along with home detention, U.S. District Judge Lydia K. Griggsby ordered Mosby to complete 100 hours of community service and spend three years of supervised release. Throughout her year-long home detention, Mosby was permitted limited travel, for employment, healthcare and family responsibilities. With the completion of her sentence, the court has restored her passport and lifted travel restrictions.
Mosby was seen at the State of the People’s National Assembly at Empowerment Temple Church in Baltimore on both June 19, the day before her sentence officially ended, and June 20, the day she regained her freedom from home detention.
While on stage at the June 20 panel, Mosby delivered a powerful speech about the significance of this milestone in her life.
“Today marks one year since I was sentenced to home confinement,” she said. “The GPS monitoring device that was strapped to my ankle and then strapped to my wrist for the past year was removed in the parking lot of Empowerment Temple.”
Mosby said now that she has her freedom back, she will continue to press forward with her plans to make change.
“Now that I have finally regained the power and the right to act, speak and think without hindrance or restraint, they better watch out. This past year was merely separation and preparation for God’s elevation,” she said. “I am the dream and the hope of the slave. You are the dream and the hope of the slave. We are the dream and the hope of the slave. And it’s time for us as Black people in this nation to rise, unify, strategize and implement a Black agenda that will radically protect, provide for and advance our communities.”
In a follow-up interview with AFRO on June 24, Mosby reflected on life after house arrest, saying her main focus is rebuilding for herself and her daughters.
“It’s just a matter of rebuilding my life and trying to move forward for the sake of me and my two little girls,” she said. “We not only survived–but we’re thriving, despite those that tried to break me under many different respects– psychologically, emotionally, financially.”
Mosby added that she plans to continue advocating for the causes that defined her public service.
“I’m going to continue to fight for the causes that matter, especially in this day and age where regression is being touted as ‘making America great again,’” she said.
Mosby’s legal team is working to have the remaining two years of her supervised release dismissed.
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