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After serving 10 years in prison, a former PGPD cop is seeking a presidential pardon


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After serving years in prison, former PGPD cop Stephanie Mohr is seeking a presidential pardon.

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Stephanie Mohr’s life changed forever 25 years ago. As a young Prince George’s County Police K9 Officer, she and her partner, Valk, were asked to assist on a breaking and entering call in Takoma Park, Maryland.

She and several other officers found two men trying to break into a building through the roof. During their arrest, she says one of the men tried to run. She released her dog with the command to bite and hold. The suspect was captured but needed stitches on his calf.

Five years later, she learned what happened that night and had become the subject of a federal civil rights investigation. She was put on trial twice before she was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.

Now nearly a decade after her release, she is asking for a presidential pardon. Mohr speaking only to ABC 7 News tells Maryland Bureau Chief Brad Bell, as she has always claimed that she was only doing her job. “ I had to make a decision to use a certain amount of force during an arrest and that decision has had catastrophic consequences for my life and my family’s life," says Mohr.

Mohr says she believes she was made a scapegoat at a time the Prince George’s County Police Department was in need of reform and the target of Justice Department probes. Mohr claims even though she did her time she continues to be punished.

”The conviction follows you around it invades every aspect life personal and professional," says Mohr.

She is hoping President Donald Trump hears her story and rights what she has always viewed as a wrong,

“Over 25 years now, I’ve had plenty of time to think about what happened there is nothing I could or would do differently I’m at peace with that," says Mohr.

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