 As Chief Deputy Attorney General Candace McLaren-Lanham said, these cases are the latest effort by our Criminal Division's Organized Crime Unit, some of whom are here with us today, to combat group violence in Baltimore City and its neighboring jurisdictions. Before I get into the facts of these cases, and I know you all have heard me say this a lot, I just want to emphasize that all of the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until the state proves their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt in court.