If you are like one of the millions of Americans who likes to take the edge off every once in a while with some recreational marijuana, you’re probably aware that if police catch you with it in your possession, you can be charged with possession of a controlled substance. However, depending on the circumstances of […]
Minnesota’s Top Court Rules Against Forced Body Cavity Searches
A ruling by Minnesota’s top court made it illegal for police to subdue a suspect and sedate them in order to conduct a body cavity search, reversing a decision by two lower courts. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the search of a man believed to be in possession of illegal drugs was a violation […]
The Five Degrees of Drug Possession in Minnesota
Drug crimes are one of the most common crimes across the state, but the way they are penalized varies based on a number of different factors. The two biggest factors that impact your potential penalties are what drug you were in possession of, and how much of it you had. Below, we take a closer […]
Prescription Drug DWI
If you took a national poll and asked people to explain a DWI charge, a common response would be that someone was caught drinking and driving.
Correlations between Adolescent Brain Development and Risky Behavior
Laurence Steinberg, who teaches psychology at Temple University, recently gave a lecture at the University of Minnesota on brain development and its impact on adolescent behavior. His lecture, titled “Should the Science of Adolescent Brain Development Inform Legal Policy?” focused on the factors that influence adolescents in their decision making. Steinberg compared an adolescent brain […]
