BALTIMORE (WBFF) — A report, which analyzes the impact of State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s new policies, may not tell the entire story, says researchers with the Maryland Public Policy Institute.
 

The report examines the criminal cases of 741 people whose prostitution or drug possession charges were dismissed as part of the State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s new policy not to prosecute low level offenses.
 

The study concluded that less than 1% of those defendants went on to commit more serious crimes.
 

“This is truly a Mosby miracle, but like a lot of claimed miracles, it’s a fraud,” said Sean Kennedy with the Maryland Public Policy Institute.
 

The study examined whether the 741 low level offenders went on, over the next 14-months, to be arrested for more serious charges of robbery, assault, murder or weapons offenses.
 

It did not examine whether the offenders committed other low level offenses again.
 

“It’s somewhat ridiculous to think that prostitutes are going to start murdering people in Baltimore if we don’t dismiss their charges,” said Kennedy.
 

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health performed the study and concluded that “decriminalizing their behaviors has not been associated with increases to public safety or public concern. However, further evidence is needed."
 

Authors of the study also found that Mosby’s policies have not resulted in an increase in crime or citizen complaints.