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US Justice Department to give $144.5M to victims of 2017 Texas mass shooting in settlement

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The survivors and families of the victims joined in a lawsuit against the US government, alleging negligence under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act due to the government’s failure to prevent Kelley from purchasing a firearm despite his prior felony convictions. The post US Justice Department to give $144.5M

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Minnesota Attorney General Launches Clinic to Clear Criminal Records

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Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison will be hosting a clinic in north Minneapolis this week to help eligible people get their criminal records wiped clean, Nafi Soumare reports for the Minnesota Reformer. billion in cumulative wages are lost every year in Minnesota due to convictions that should be expunged.

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Ending Unnecessary Traffic Stops That Can Kill

The Crime Report

Castile’s death spurred Ramsey County, MN Attorney John Choi to announce that he was ending the prosecution of cases resulting from non-public safety traffic stops. The Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association called his efforts “insulting.”. Yet they have been met with swift and vocal backlash.

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Restorative Justice Gains Support in America’s Smaller Communities

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This guide, authored by County Attorney Reese Frederickson from Minnesota, IIP Deputy Director Alissa Marque Heydari, a nd IIP Legal Fellow Chloe Marmet , spotlights individuals who have implemented restorative justice programs to meet the needs of the victims, society, and the accused in their communities.

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Former North Dakota women’s health clinic files amended complaint challenging statewide abortion ban

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Meetra Mehdizadeh, Staff Attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, raised concerns over the ban’s potential negative impacts, saying: This extreme law does nothing to protect people’s health. The Red River Women’s Clinic was forced to move to Moorhead, Minnesota, leaving North Dakota with no abortion clinics.

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“Inner Conflict”: Mosque Bomber Argues For Lower Sentence Due to Gender Dysphoria

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We often follow novel or new arguments raised in criminal cases and one such defense has arisen in the case of a defendant convicted of bombing a Minnesota mosque in 2017. Hari bombed the Dar al-Farooq (DAF) Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, on Aug. That is the first such argument that I have seen in a criminal case.

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October 2019 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

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The court also temporarily enjoined two felony riot statutes because they went “far beyond” the State’s “appropriate interest” in criminalizing participation in a riot with acts of force or violence. Minnesota Supreme Court Declined to Review Claims Regarding Environmental Review for Oil Pipeline. WildEarth Guardians v.

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