The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted the temporary stay on Wednesday in a two-sentence order. The court said the stay would be in effect as it considers Minnesota’s motion for a stay pending appeal.

On Tuesday, the House Rules and Legislative Administration Committee approved by voice vote a motion to file an amicus brief in support of the state’s position.

Few of the players with a real say over the fate of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program have shown the slightest inclination to give an inch.

U.S. District Judge Donvan Frank laid out a series of remedial fixes aimed at giving civilly committed sex offenders a chance at life outside the concertina wire of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.

If the state’s strategy in the MSOP litigation was to refuse to provide any suggestions for remedies for the defects in the sex offender treatment ...

U.S. District Court Judge Donovan Frank issued his strongly worded order two days after a private hearing with top officials about changing the confinement program.

The conference was meant to bring the parties together and seek common ground on potential remedies. Of those invited to participate, only Gov. Mark Dayton emerged with a detailed plan.

It’s virtually impossible for clients to clear discharge hurdles.

Despite a federal court ruling, elected officials are reluctant to give sex offenders more freedom.

U.S. District Judge Donovan Frank largely sided with the more than 700 residents who were civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program.