BALTIMORE (AP) — Lawyers are set to deliver closing arguments for the last of two Baltimore detectives facing racketeering and robbery charges, their trial stemming from one of the worst U.S. police corruption scandals in recent memory.
Prosecutors and lawyers for the other detective made their closing arguments Wednesday afternoon as the high-profile case winds down. Then, after attorneys for the second detective deliver their final arguments Thursday, government prosecutors are set for a rebuttal.
Over the past 2 ½ weeks, the jury trial has been dominated by testimony from disgraced ex-detectives who have pleaded guilty to a slew of corruption charges arising from a since-disbanded elite police unit once praised for their fight against illegal guns on Baltimore's streets.