We’ve been documenting the saga surrounding Minnesota’s sex offender civil commitment system for years now, and it appears that no firm resolution is in sight after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that they won’t hear a challenge to the program’s constitutionality. If you remember from our previous blogs on the subject, Minnesota’s current sex offender […]
Young Lawyers Get Training In Child Abuse Response and Prevention
St. Paul’s Michell Hamline School of Law recently received a $2 million donation that will be used to fund a new program aimed at helping train young professionals in child abuse response and prevention. The “Zero Abuse Project” was funded by a $2 million donation from Jeff Anderson, a lawyer from St. Paul. The program […]
Legal Options For Campus Crimes
School is back in session, and that means students have flooded back to residence halls and campus apartments for another year. As you might have guessed, as the student population on campus increases, so does the area crime rate. According to the University of Minnesota Police Department, there was a noticeable uptick in certain crimes […]
Pre-Court Diversion Programs Helping To End Prostitution in Minnesota
Back in the day, if a client and a provider were caught in the act of prostitution, police would arrest both individuals. However, since “johns” are typically more financially stable, they’d often be able to pay a fine and gain their release from jail, whereas the female providers didn’t always have that option. When the […]
Minneapolis Has $1 Million Plan To Stop Sex Trafficking
The Super Bowl is coming to Minneapolis, and cities that host the NFL’s biggest game often experience an uptick in crime. One of the biggest crime concerns is that of human trafficking and sex trafficking, but Minneapolis is taking steps to keep traffickers out of the city and to catch individuals who try to traffic […]
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