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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 moment general for maryland linda singh is in