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Baltimore Prosecutor Won't Cooperate With Homicide Panel

BALTIMORE (AP) -- A commission established to review homicides in Baltimore has stalled because its leaders say the city's top prosecutor isn't sharing information that's needed for the program to work.

The city spent nearly $200,000 last year to launch the Homicide Review Commission. It was meant to bring together elected officials, police leaders, academics, public health officials and others to identify trends that leads to slayings and how best to respond.

Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, was tapped to lead the project. He tells The Baltimore Sun that Mosby's refusal to provide information on ongoing cases "took the air out of the whole process." Mosby tells The Sun that providing information could compromise investigations or jeopardize the safety of victims.

(Copyright 2015 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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