The Minnesota Supreme Court made national news last week when it threw out a felony rape conviction on what appeared on the surface to suggest victim blaming. Last Wednesday, the Minnesota Supreme Court overturned Francios Khalil’s felony criminal sexual assault conviction on the grounds that the victim had voluntarily gotten herself drunk prior to the […]
Minnesota Considering Freeing Prisoners Earlier, Reinvesting In Community
The cost of keeping prisoners in jail is an expense footed by the taxpayers, and it’s not exactly cheap. Many people feel that those tax dollars could be better spent elsewhere, and that’s the goal of the recently proposed Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act that was included in Gov. Tim Walz’s revised budget. But in […]
DUI Increase Expected Over The Next Few Weeks
The reason George Clooney and his crew went down with the Andrea Gail is because their boat encountered “The Perfect Storm,” and much like the title of that movie, we’re approaching something of a perfect storm here in Minnesota when it comes to drunk driving. A number of factors are converging that could lead to […]
Why You Need To Know What You’re Up Against In Court – Brady Materials
The court process is depicted a little bit different on television compared to how it actually occurs in real life. On TV, there are often surprise witnesses and last-minute evidence that flips a case, but the real court system is designed to prevent against this “gotcha” style court proceeding. That’s because more than 50 years […]
Lawyer Saves Abuse Victim During Zoom Court Hearing
Zoom court proceedings will soon be a thing of the past here in Minnesota assuming all continues to go as expected in terms of the pandemic, but they are still being used across the country to help conduct key criminal hearings. Yesterday, one of those Zoom trials went viral because one eagle-eye attorney was able […]
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