Crime, Law and Justice

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.
Minneapolis collaborates with state, federal agencies to target violent crime
The weeklong effort focuses on people police say are responsible for disproportionate amounts of violence in the city, where two people were injured in shootings over the weekend and one was killed. They’re also prioritizing the seizure of illegal guns. 
Minnesota Supreme Court reverses first degree murder conviction in Moorhead killing 
Ibrahim Isaac, convicted of first-degree pre-meditated murder for his role in the 2021 killing of a Moorhead man, will go free after the Minnesota Supreme Court reversed his conviction Wednesday. 
Minnesota man sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatal stabbing on Apple River
Nicolae Miu, 54, of Prior Lake, was found guilty in April of first-degree reckless homicide in the death of 17-year-old Isaac Schuman of Stillwater, who was tubing on the Apple River.
Acting Secret Service director says he’s ‘ashamed’ after the Trump assassination attempt
Tuesday’s hearing before the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security committees was the latest in a series of congressional sessions dedicated to the law enforcement lapses and missed communications that preceded the shooting.