A Minnesota-based initiative has shipped 115 law and human rights libraries to 24 African countries since 2008, and new initiatives seek to strengthen the collaborative enterprise involving law firms, government officials and a leading legal publisher.
Read More »Chief justice lifts COVID restrictions, outlines hearing policy
Some hearing types that have been held remotely will return to in-person events, the release said, while many hearing types will continue to be held remotely unless exceptional circumstances exist.
Read More »State Supreme Court to hear challenge in PolyMet case
The Minnesota Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a challenge by environmentalists over portions of a lower court ruling involving a key permit for the proposed PolyMet copper-nickel mine.
Read More »More time for uncharged crime
On April 4, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals approved a 10-year embezzlement sentence with an upward variance of nine years based on evidence of an uncharged shooting.
Read More »Itasca County loses lakeside land dispute
In 1911, a strip of land in Itasca County was dedicated “to the public use forever.”
Read More »When do book bans violate the Constitution?
The United States has become a nation divided over important issues in K-12 education, including which books students should be able to read in public school.
Read More »Ellison asks court to oversee nonprofit after fraud
A Minnesota court will supervise the dissolution of a nonprofit meals program that’s under federal investigation for allegedly defrauding the government of millions of dollars.
Read More »Bills narrowing felony murder statute reflect national trend
Minnesota has one of the broadest felony murder laws in the country, but it may become the next state to limit its application.
Read More »Two men sentenced in Bloomington mosque bombing
Two Illinois men who helped bomb a Bloomington mosque in 2017 on Tuesday received prison sentences far below the 35-year mandatory minimum that they had faced.
Read More »No lie if question wasn’t asked
The mere fact that a juror is friends on social media with a homicide victim’s family members does not mean that a juror lied during voir dire.
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