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Crime, Law and Justice

Woman dies in Brooklyn Park shooting

Witnesses said the woman had been talking to a man in a parking lot when she was shot Wednesday afternoon. Police have arrested a suspect.
by Kirsti Marohn

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Hennepin Co. Attorney Freeman calls for changes to how police shootings are investigated

Hennepin Co. Attorney Freeman calls for changes to how police shootings are investigated

Freeman suggests that grand juries shouldn’t be used to make charging decisions in cases where police fatally shoot someone. He also says that agencies should not investigate incidents involving their own officers and that body camera or squad footage should be released within 45 days.
by Jon Collins

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Minn. hemp group protests driver arrest in South Dakota

Minn. hemp group protests driver arrest in South Dakota

The group accuses South Dakota of violating the 2018 Farm Bill by arresting the driver, who was delivering 300 pounds of non-intoxicating hemp from Denver to a Minnesota processor.
by The Associated Press

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Australian court upholds sex abuse verdicts against Cardinal Pell

Australian court upholds sex abuse verdicts against Cardinal Pell

The former archbishop of Sydney and high-ranking Vatican official was sentenced in March to six years in prison for abusing two 13-year-old choirboys in the 1990s.
by Scott Neuman

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Warren highlights criminal justice plan in Minneapolis

Warren highlights criminal justice plan in Minneapolis

Democratic presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren is proposing a long list of changes including lower incarceration rates, marijuana legalization and the decriminalization of truancy in schools.
by Tim Pugmire

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Poll: Americans, including Republicans and gun owners, broadly support red flag laws

Poll: Americans, including Republicans and gun owners, broadly support red flag laws

People are hotly divided about many gun restrictions — but not on extreme risk protection orders. They allow police to temporarily take guns from people seen to be a risk to themselves or others.
by Leigh Paterson

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Accused mosque bomber's attorneys say hate crime law doesn't apply to Hari's case

Accused mosque bomber's attorneys say hate crime law doesn't apply to Hari's case

Attorneys for a man suspected in the firebombing of a suburban Twin Cities mosque two years ago say that the most serious charges against their client should be dismissed. Michael Hari is accused of hate crimes in the attack on the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington.
by Matt Sepic

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