Defense attorney Roya Hanna announces bid for Baltimore state’s attorney

Defense attorney Roya Hanna is the first candidate to announce a run for Baltimore state’s attorney in the June Democratic primary election. An assistant state’s attorney in the city for 12 years, Hanna said Wednesday that she’s handled more than 100 jury trials, prosecuting murders, felony drug cases and juvenile crimes. In her last four years in the prosecutor’s office, before leaving in 2015, she prosecuted homicide cases. Currently, she runs a law office in downtown Baltimore.