is married and has a daughter. to the people of baltimore and the demonstrators across america, i heard your call for no justice, no peace. your peace is sincerely needed as i work to deliver justice on behalf of this young man. reporter: entering the spotlight, marilyn most bill, the compelling 35-year-old is baltimore s newly elected state s attorney and the one who make the call to charge six plifrps in the death of freddie gray. mostby was the first in her family to earn a college degree, graduating with honors from tuskegee university and from boston college law school. she then joined the baltimore city state s attorney s office before becoming a prosecutor. raised in innercity boston mostby says she learned the value of public service from her grandfather. he was a founding member of the black police organization in massachusetts. he was a police officer. my uncles were police officers. my mother was. my father was.
reporter: and despite criticism from the police union for what it calls a rush to press charges, mostby says she is sympathetic to officers called to duty. i understand the time the commitment the sacrifice that these police officers make and i m not saying in particularly with this case, those officers that usurp their authority, you have to be able to hold them accountable because it does a disservice to the really hard working police officers. reporter: she has two daughters with her husband, baltimore city councilman, nick most bill. when asked if her marriage presented a conflict of interest mostby says he works on the legislative side. i am a prosecutor. i am also a public servant. i uphold the law. he makes the laws. and i will prosecute any case within my jurisdiction. i did not have any racial issues kind of coming through all of my career. i would have to say it s been more about me being a female versus you know, about ago male. reporter: as theed a jug at that