Crime, Law and Justice

AP reporter who investigates federal prisons discusses Chauvin stabbing
Nearly one year before former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was stabbed 22 times by a fellow inmate at a federal prison in Arizona, the Associated Press published its latest update in its years-long investigation into the Federal Bureau of Prisons. AP reporter Michael Sisak, one of the journalists who conducted the investigation, spoke to All Things Considered host Tom Crann on Monday.
Moriarty: No evidence of police wrongdoing in Khalil Azad's drowning
The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said Monday that there is no evidence of law enforcement wrongdoing in the death of a young Black man found dead in Crystal Lake after a police chase last year.
Chauvin leaves hospital, returns to prison custody after stabbing
The condition of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin is improving after he was stabbed 22 times last month while in a federal prison in Arizona.
Purdue Pharma, Sacklers' OxyContin settlement lands at the Supreme Court
Under the deal, Purdue agreed it owed $8 billion in criminal and civil fines. That deal that is at the center of Monday's case because it releases the Sacklers from personal liability.
Sheriff's deputy who saved trucker from fiery crash receives award
A Washington County deputy received an award from the Minnesota Sheriff’s Association for pulling a truck driver from a fiery crash on Interstate 94 in Afton.
Two men were shot and killed early Sunday morning in the Dinkytown neighborhood of Minneapolis. The shootings occurred at about 2:15 a.m. in the 400 block of 14th Avenue Southeast. Both men were in their 20s.