Prosecutor-police mistrust hangs over Baltimore trial
BALTIMORE (AP) — A cloud of tension and mistrust between Baltimore prosecutors and the city's police department is hanging over the high-profile trial of an officer charged with murder in the death of a black prisoner whose neck was broken in a police transport van.
The detective's notes indicate the medical examiner initially considered it an accident, but she later ruled Gray's death a homicide.
The accusations were triggered by the judge's finding that prosecutors violated discovery rules — for the second time in the trial — by not turning over Taylor's notes about discussions with Allan.
Prosecutors have yet to win a conviction in Gray's April 2015 death, which sparked Baltimore's worst civil unrest in decades.
[...] he said the second-degree "depraved heart" murder charged was "a closer call" than the others, indicating he gave some thought to dismissing that charge — even when considering it in the light most favorable to the prosecution at that point in the trial.