Executives for the site Backpage.com are embroiled in a legal mess over some of the information that is posted on their website. For those of you unfamiliar with the site, Backpage.com is similar to Craigslist and a traditional newspaper classifieds section. The site allows users to post items for sale, share job listings, request services […]
How Should Past Drug Convictions Affect Current Sentences?
A prison sentence serves two main goals; to punish an offender for their actions and allow them to understand the consequences of their actions so that they do not commit another crime in the future. When a person is released from jail, they attempt to get on with their life, but that past conviction remains […]
Minnesota Joining National Movement To Reduce Solitary Confinement
Minnesota’s prison system will partner with the Vera Institute for Justice in 2017 to look into alternative forms of punishment in hopes of moving away from a system that relies on solitary confinement as a punishment for difficult inmates. The Vera Institute for Justice is a national criminal justice reform group that wants to help […]
Body Cameras Coming To More Minnesota Cites
Police body cameras have been a point of contention between police departments and some city councils, but it’s clear that the cameras are the way of the future. Not only can they provide critical evidence of what transpired during an altercation, but they can also protect officers from unwarranted claims of police brutality. Considering the […]
Minnesota Court Rules That Wishes Aren’t Threats
The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled this week that wishing harm on another person does not constitute a terroristic threat. It’s a somewhat surprising ruling, as its not often that appeals courts overturn cases of free speech. However, that’s exactly what they did in the case of Gregory Allen Olson. According to case details, Olson […]
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