Every country has crime, but some countries experience more than others. If you’re trying to find an exotic destination to travel to, you might want to take extra precautions if you’re thinking about heading to any of these areas. There are plenty of safe destinations in every country, but you need to be aware of […]
Minnesota Revamps Drug Sentencing Guidelines
After weeks of debating and compromising, law enforcement members, defense attorneys and lawmakers have reached an agreement to revamp drug laws and sentencing guidelines for the first time in 27 years. There was much debate about revamping the drug sentencing laws from both sides. Many people felt that first-time offenders were treated like hardened criminals […]
Is “I Smell Marijuana” Probable Cause To Search Your Car?
A reader recently posed the following question to us in the comments section in one of our blogs: “If an officer states that your car ‘smells like marijuana,” does that give him probable cause to search your vehicle for drugs or other substances?” We’ll talk the general sense of this question on the blog. For better […]
Minnesota Plans To Reduce Many Future Drug Crime Sentences
The Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission approved a motion that would reduce prison sentencing guidelines for a variety of drug crime offenses. The approved measure would reduce prison sentences for individuals convicted of first- and second-degree drug possession. First-degree possession sentences would be nearly cut in half, and second-degree offenders could receive probation instead of the current […]
Drugged Driving on the Rise in Minnesota
The Minnesota State Patrol is adding extra training sessions to help officers understand the signs of drugged driving as the state has seen a sharp increase in the number of drugged driving arrests. The statistics don’t lie. Back in 1990, the Minnesota State Patrol documented five drugged driving arrests. In 2014, nearly five people were arrested for […]
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