Crime, Law and Justice

MN Supreme Court reverses rape conviction because woman wasn't forced to get drunk

Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul Thissen speaks to a large crowd.
Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Paul Thissen speaks during his swearing-in on July 24, 2018. Thissen wrote in a ruling reversing a rape conviction that the Legislature is “institutionally better positioned than courts” to make public policy, and pointed to efforts to overhaul the criminal sexual conduct statute.
Lacey Young | MPR News 2018