Crime, Law and Justice

A man serving life in prison for a 2004 murder got the rare chance on Tuesday to argue in court for his exoneration. Attorneys from the Great North Innocence Project are asking a judge to overturn the conviction of Marvin Haynes in the shooting death of Harry “Randy” Sherer.

The owners of Cup Foods, now known as Unity Foods, argue that customers were deterred after city officials’ decided to install temporary concrete barriers near the site from June 2020 until the following year. 

The students filed a federal complaint alleging discrimination after the school district suspended them for using a pro-Palestinian chant during a recent school protest. The district says free speech rights aren’t unfettered on school property.

Elizabeth Price's son Hisham Awartani was one of three men of Palestinian descent shot on Saturday in Vermont. Speaking to NPR from Ramallah, Price fears her son “is confronting a life of disability.”

On Aug. 1, Minnesota became the 23rd state in the country to legalize cannabis for recreational use. But cannabis continues to be a Schedule 1 drug under federal law, which could have consequences for non U.S. citizens. 

Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of three men of Palestinian descent who were attending a Thanksgiving holiday gathering near the University of Vermont Saturday evening.

A person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Friday that Derek Chauvin was stabbed by another inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona. The medium-security prison has been plagued by security lapses and staffing shortages.

Chauvin was serving his federal and state sentences in a federal facility in Tucson when the apparent attack happened Friday. The Associated Press was told through a source another inmate allegedly injured the former Minneapolis police officer.

Authorities in Goodhue County say a 57-year-old man missing for more than a week was found dead on Sunday afternoon.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is granting pardons at a pace not seen since the World War II era. Parson has granted more than 600 pardons in the past three years, which is more than any Missouri governor since the early 1940s.