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Courts

Judge speaks out against Congress, Ashcroft

The man who recently led Congress to monitor federal judges' sentencing practices says he's disappointed with the "rhetoric" of Minnesota U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson. Magnuson Tuesday sharply criticized policies instituted by Congress and the U.S. attorney general as intimidation against judges over leniency in sentencing. The author of the policies, U.S. Rep. Tom Feeney of Florida, says they were merely meant to hold judges accountable, not to threaten the independence of the court.

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Dedicating a memorial

Duluth has a new park. It's a small plaza, on a street corner, right downtown. But this is an unusual place. There probably isn't anything like it anywhere else in the country. It's a memorial to three men who were hanged from a lamppost across the street in the infamous Duluth lynching.

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When youth are accused of adult-sized crimes.

Should teenagers who commit serious crimes be rehabilitated or punished? Separate recent high profile cases have prosecutors seeking adult trials for two Minnesota teens.

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Churches seek to overturn concealed-carry law

More than two dozen religious organizations have asked a Ramsey County judge to overturn the state's new handgun-permitting law. The law requires local law enforcement officials to grant permits to carry weapons in public to anyone who meets certain qualifying criteria. The religious groups argue the law is unconstitutional and was passed by the Legislature inappropriately. Supporters of the new permitting process say the legal challenge is without merit.

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Minnesota lawyers frustrated over shortage of public defenders

Public defense lawyers across Minnesota are throwing up their arms in frustration. Public defenders say they're overburdened with huge caseloads. Budget cuts have forced layoffs within their ranks. And more public defenders are quitting because of stress. Some say the crisis jeopardizes the legal rights of Minnesota's poor. Public defenders are turning to the Minnesota Supreme Court and the Legislature for help.

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Supreme Court OK's boat searches

A divided Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled game wardens may inspect fishing boats without probable cause that an angler is violating fishing regulations. However, a dissenting justice said the ruling opens the door for warrantless searches by any police officer on the mere suspicion that the individual is, has, or will hunt or fish.

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Report: Police stop minorities more often than whites

New research concludes that racial profiling is practiced by law enforcement agencies around the state of Minnesota. Wednesday the Council on Crime and Justice and the Institute on Race and Poverty released an analysis of a year's worth of traffic stop data collected from 65 law enforcement jurisdictions. They found that in 2002 people of color were more likely to be stopped and searched by police officers than white drivers.

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Supreme Court orders reporter to name anonymous sources

Ruling 5-2 in a closely watched media case, the Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a reporter to reveal the names of confidential sources who a discharged school football coach claims defamed him.

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Hacker had just enough knowledge, not enough direction

Eighteen-year-old Jeffrey Parson begins this week confined to his parents' home in Hopkins, prevented from any contact with computers. Parson was arrested Friday on charges he modified and spread a computer worm that slowed Internet traffic around the globe this summer. If Parson indeed did what is alleged, his work is unlikely to win him much respect inside or outside the computer hacker community. Far from a mastermind, experts say Parson is just an especially unlucky example that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.

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Janklow charged with manslaughter in fatal accident

U.S. Rep. Bill Janklow was charged Friday with second-degree manslaughter in the death of a motorcyclist, killed when the congressman allegedly ran a stop sign at more than 70 mph.

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