In a 2005 self-published collection of poetry, the woman who would become Baltimore's mayor wrote about her solutions for the city’s challenges and dream of seeing the community unite.
Fifteen years later, a federal judge is weighing the contrast described by those poems — commitment to public service and self-interest — to decide how much time Pugh will spend in prison.
Attorneys for Pugh, who was elected mayor in 2016, have suggested a sentence of 366 days.