Prince George’s public defender launches bid for state’s attorney

Prince George’s public defender Stanford Fraser will be challenging incumbent Aisha Braveboy in the Democratic primary for state’s attorney next year, running on a platform of prosecutorial reform that he says is informed by his “experiences firsthand with mass incarceration.” Fraser, 29, was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands but grew up in Prince George’s County. He joined the public defender’s office in 2017, after earning his undergraduate degree at Howard University and his law degree from Harvard University.