Crime, Law and Justice

Mental health struggles surface for Vikings' Everson Griffen
A police report made public Tuesday says the defensive star was ordered to stay away from the team pending a mental health evaluation and that the Vikings security chief asked authorities to check on Griffen's wife and children.
Bill Cosby sentenced to 3 to 10 years in prison in sex case
At the end of a two-day hearing the sentence was handed down with an admonishment from the judge: "It is time for justice. Mr. Cosby, this has all circled back to you. The time has come."
Judge OKs $210M deal to pay Twin Cities clergy sex abuse victims
A federal judge on Tuesday backed a bankruptcy reorganization plan for the Twin Cities archdiocese that includes $210 million to compensate more than 400 victims of clergy sex abuse.
Drug treatment programs and jails work together to help inmates
Collaborations between county jails and treatment programs aim to help people who depend on opioids or other drugs to get treatment and avoid the dangers of overdose.
In jail calls, Heinrich said he 'never touched anybody' after Wetterling
Transcripts of several phone calls between Danny and David Heinrich are among the 41,787 pages of documents from the Wetterling investigative file Stearns County released last week. In one call Danny Heinrich said he "was a monster back then, but I stopped."
Oak Park Heights prison officer dies on duty from 'medical emergency'
Officer Joseph Parise died Monday after helping a fellow officer who was assaulted by an inmate. Officials did not say immediately how Parise died. The prison is in lockdown.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said Monday the boy's case will be handled in juvenile court. Because of his age, no other information will be public.
If Rosenstein is fired, here's what will happen
On Monday, news organizations were reporting Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein might resign or be fired. What would happen if he did step down?
The night a Chinese billionaire was accused of rape in Minnesota
With the Chinese billionaire Richard Liu at her Minneapolis area apartment, a 21-year-old University of Minnesota student sent a WeChat message to a friend in the middle of the night. She wrote that Liu had forced her to have sex with him.