The criminal justice system can be rough on anybody, but it can be especially terrifying for juvenile offenders. Although the court system is designed to be a little more lenient for juvenile offenders, many of these children are navigating the system for the first time, and without the help of a criminal defense attorney, they can […]
Ramsey County Changing 911 Policy to Protect Those With Mental Health Issues
Ramsey County is launching a pilot program aimed at helping those with mental health issues get the support they need when a call to 911 is made. Under the old policy, if a person called 911 with a non-emergency to tell the dispatcher that a friend or family member was acting weirdly or had stopped […]
Minneapolis Considering Decriminalizing Small Marijuana Possession
The Minneapolis City Council has been busy this week, and this time they are tasked with determining if possession of small amounts of marijuana should be considered a crime. Laws regarding marijuana have been changing for some time now. For example, in Missouri, some people are now growing their own marijuana that they can use […]
Minneapolis is Moving Forward With Police Body Cameras
A subsection of the Minneapolis City Council has unanimously approved a five-year, $4 million contract with Taser International to outfit members of the city’s police force with body cameras and other recording equipment. Under the contract, the city will receive 587 police body cameras and other essential accessories, like docking stations, taser storage, attachment clips […]
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 […]
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