Tag: Hennepin County attorney
Candidate downplays concerns that relationship with Moriarty may pose conflict of...
Jen Westmoreland, the partner of Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and newly announced candidate for county commissioner, pledged on Wednesday she would recuse herself from voting on any county board...
Man whose life sentence in child’s murder was commuted by Walz,...
The man whose life sentence in the 2002 murder of 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards was commuted in 2020 by a panel that included Gov. Tim...
Charges dismissed against suspect in police pursuit crash that killed Leneal...
Weeks after a former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced to the workhouse for nine months after being prosecuted for crashing into a vehicle during...
Law professor takes position in HC Attorney’s Office, will focus on...
A new Minnesota law went into effect on Aug. 1 that allows county prosecutors to initiate sentence reductions after sentencing for offenders they've previously...
County attorney to deploy social workers to combat rise in youth...
Blaming a viral TikTok video for the rise in youth auto thefts, the Hennepin County attorney announced a new law-enforcement initiative to curb the...
Activists display ‘bullying cops works’ sign at Minneapolis event
On display at a Minneapolis street festival this past weekend was a sign comparing police officers to pigs and proclaiming that "bullying cops works."
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