MARTHA MACCALLUM (HOST): We all remember the moments when Marilyn Mosby walked out in front of that courthouse, and she looked like this case was slam dunk. She was very forceful. She got a lot of attention. It's not going so well for her.
JEANINE PIRRO: Well, you know, you're right. When she first came out, America stopped and went, “Woah! This is a woman who's in control who knows what she's talking about.” But that day I remember saying, “How is it possible to file manslaughter charges, murder charges against cops when you only got that autopsy report and the police report 24 hours earlier?” This was not only for her, Marilyn Mosby, the elected D.A., a rush to judgment, it was a rush to the spotlight. And the language that she used, and prosecutors all over the country kind of went, “Woah!” when she said, you know, “To the youth of this city, I will seek justice on your behalf. I hear your call. No justice, no peace.” Prosecutors, that's not our job. Our job is to put the allegations where the evidence is. And to make a case. She, so far, has had two trials, no convictions. This is not looking good. And I think it's a reflection of her inexperience, not just in terms of how to handle a big national case, but recognizing that in the case as unique as this where you want to attribute death to these cops, you've got to have an ME [medical examiner] who's going to back you up, and you've got to talk to everyone first.
MAC: So true. And that moment came in the heat of what we were watching unfold in Ferguson and in Baltimore and it looked like she was reaching for very sort of lofty ideas in terms of what she could bring to this case in terms of a statement about what she felt was going on in this country. But as you point out, as a prosecutor you have to have the facts, you have to have evidence. The other cases remaining, are they stronger?
PIRRO: Well, they say the strongest case is against the van driver. And that's the next trial that is going to go forward. Possibly yes, possibly no. But you know what I think is so important, Martha? I think the fact that the judge who tried this last case, Nero's case, charged with assault and misconduct in office and reckless endangerment, he was an African-American, well-respected judge who clearly to him justice was blind. And that's the difference. When you've got real ethical professionals as opposed to people who are looking for the limelight and think they're going to answer the call of X, Y or Z, you know, then you're going to get justice with the real ones. Marilyn Mosby, honestly, I don't think she belongs in that position. She was an insurance lawyer. I don't think she belongs in the position now. I think she's got real problems, and her rush to judgment has negatively caused this city enormous, Baltimore, enormous costs, money, looting, businesses. Shame on her.
