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Crime, Law and Justice

Big job ahead for panel tasked with felony marijuana expungements

Big job ahead for panel tasked with felony marijuana expungements

Tens of thousands of low-level marijuana-related cases have already been erased but the task of expunging records of felony convictions is far more complex. A new state board is figuring out how to do it. 
by Matt Sepic

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Patrol investigation clears Minnesota state trooper of wrongdoing in fatal shooting

Patrol investigation clears Minnesota state trooper of wrongdoing in fatal shooting

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty dismissed the case against trooper Ryan Londregan after an outside law firm determined that a jury was unlikely to convict him in the death of Ricky Cobb II.
by Matt Sepic

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Edina officials deny claim that police asked for man in crisis be injected with ketamine

Edina officials deny claim that police asked for man in crisis be injected with ketamine

In court filings and emails, Edina city officials say that the decision to administer the sedative to Kyle Moore during a 2019 arrest was made by a paramedic, not a police officer. However, a police report shows that an officer requested paramedics to respond with the medication “in order to gain control of the male.”
by Jon Collins

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U.S. and Russia complete biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, freeing Gershkovich and Whelan

U.S. and Russia complete biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, freeing Gershkovich and Whelan

The United States and Russia have made their biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history. Moscow on Thursday released U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan along with dissidents including Vladimir Kara-Murza in a multinational deal officials say has set two dozen people free.
by The Associated Press

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