Crime, Law and Justice

Americans released in Russian prisoner swap are back in the U.S.
The trio exchanged handshakes and hugs with President Biden and Vice President Harris at the foot of their plane's stairs and embraced their family members as onlookers cheered.
Big job ahead for panel tasked with felony marijuana expungements
Tens of thousands of low-level marijuana-related cases have already been erased but the task of expunging records of felony convictions is far more complex. A new state board is figuring out how to do it. 
Edina officials deny claim that police asked for man in crisis be injected with ketamine
In court filings and emails, Edina city officials say that the decision to administer the sedative to Kyle Moore during a 2019 arrest was made by a paramedic, not a police officer. However, a police report shows that an officer requested paramedics to respond with the medication “in order to gain control of the male.”
U.S. and Russia complete biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, freeing Gershkovich and Whelan
The United States and Russia have made their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history. Moscow on Thursday released U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza in a multinational deal officials say has set two dozen people free.
Minneapolis collaborates with state, federal agencies to target violent crime
The weeklong effort focuses on people police say are responsible for disproportionate amounts of violence in the city, where two people were injured in shootings over the weekend and one was killed. They’re also prioritizing the seizure of illegal guns.