A recent piece by Ruben Rosario in the Pioneer Press put the spotlight on incarceration rates and sentencing guidelines here in Minnesota. For years, Minnesota has ranked as having one of the lowest incarceration rates by the per-capita measure, thanks in large part to a corrections system that pushes many low level offenders through a supervised […]
The 5 Most Common Spring Break Crimes
Spring is here, and that means it’s the season for many college students to head south for a week of fun in the sun. Taking a trip with your roommates to Panama City Beach or Cancun can be a blast, but oftentimes it can also lead to criminal charges. Today, we take a look at […]
Sleep Deprivation Linked To False Confessions
If you didn’t get your eight hours of sleep last night, you better hope you don’t end up in handcuffs, or you might find yourself confessing to a crime you didn’t commit. According to a new study out of the University of California-Irvine, sleep deprivation plays a pretty big role in people’s willingness to confess […]
Violent Crime Spikes in Hennepin County in 2015
New statistics released last week show that Hennepin County saw a major increase in a wide variety of violent crimes in 2015. According to the statistics, Hennepin County saw rather large increases in a different types of violent crimes. According to the report: Homicides increased by 48 percent in 2015 (62 total). Rapes increased by […]
Crime in Minnesota – The Safest Cities in the State
Even the smallest cities are affected by crime, but some areas experience much less than others. Most people believe crime is isolated to bigger cities, but when examined on a per person basis, some larger areas are in fact some of the safer communities. Whenever lists come out that rank Minnesota cities in an aspect of […]
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