Crime, Law and Justice

Trump agrees to $25M settlement to resolve Trump U lawsuits
The deal announced Friday by New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman would settle a lawsuit he filed three years ago, plus two class-action lawsuits in California filed on behalf of former Trump University students.
No plea for officer charged in Castile shooting
St. Anthony police officer Jeronimo Yanez made a brief, initial court appearance Friday after being charged with manslaughter in the July shooting death of Philando Castile. He is due back in court Dec. 19.
Danny Heinrich to be sentenced on a child pornography charge Monday
The Minnesota man who confessed to kidnapping, sexually assaulting and killing 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling says his client has shed "countless tears" for Jacob and his family in the 27 years since his death, his lawyer says in a court filing.
A south Minneapolis woman is in custody after hanging a child in her care and then creating havoc as she careened her car through the streets. All those hurt, including the child, are expected to live.
Could Danny Heinrich scuttle ideas for reforming Minnesota's sex offender program?
State lawmakers are taking a hard look at the Minnesota Sex Offender Program, or MSOP, and there are talks of reform. However, will the Jacob Wetterling case end those talks?