Federal jurist sees need for more cracks in glass ceiling
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Step away from the fax machine, if you still have one.
Read More »Phone fingerprint appeal rejected by Supreme Court
Police can require defendant to unlock device by touch
Read More »Supreme Court tosses murder conviction
Dakota County Attorney James Backstrom said that the state would retry the case as soon as possible.
Read More »Defendant’s confusion over law negates his guilty plea
Common law presumes that ignorance of the law is no excuse. As it turns out, that’s not always true.
Read More »U.S. Supreme Court takes up Minnesota voting case
Election judges barred Tea Party T-shirt in 2010
Read More »Court program works with parolees to ease transition
Guns and drugs are the major source of business for the Reentry Court Program at the federal courthouse. The reentry court program works with parolees to smooth a trip back to the risky world from which they entered prison in the first place.
Read More »Conviction upheld in slaying in victim’s home
Court rejects claim of prosecutorial misconduct
Read More »Appellate court orders a second chance. Seriously. It means it.
The second chance law allows a court to seal some criminal records.
Read More »Appeals Court nixes road assessment in Woodbury
The city lacks statutory authority to impose the road assessment, the court said
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