In a victory for Fourth Amendment rights, this week the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that “police generally cannot enter private property to search a motor vehicle without first obtaining a…
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Criminal charges against law enforcement officers can affect the arrests they’ve made and the cases they’ve testified at or would testify at, reported West Dakota Fox News recently, stating that…
Civil rights groups and privacy advocates are calling for a ban on incorporating facial-recognition technology into law enforcement body cameras, reports the Washington Post. Axon, the leading American producer of police body…
Legislation has been introduced in Minnesota that would “remove the statute of limitations for felony sex crimes,” reports the Duluth News Tribune. Minnesota’s current time limits related to criminal sexual conduct vary, depending…
This week the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of an Arizona police officer who shot a woman holding a knife during a 911 response, reports NPR News. The majority…
Minnesota Lawyer recently reported on a proposed bill related to the amelioration doctrine in Minnesota. This doctrine says that “when a legislature enacts new laws reducing criminal sentences — as…
Police departments across the U.S. continue to use flawed field kits to test for drugs, reports the Washington Post. The departments say that field tests are “primarily used as a…
Jury nullification is a mechanism more jurors should be aware of, says philosophy professor Kathleen Dean Moore in a recent op-ed for the Duluth News Tribune. Moore describes jury nullification…
Bruce Ringstrom Jr. recently obtained a DWI dismissal and a rescission of the accompanying driver’s license revocation in Polk County. Ringstrom’s client had been charged with second degree DWI test…
Recently Bruce Ringstrom Sr. and Bruce Ringstrom Jr. won a Clay County court trial for which the charges were two felony counts of ineligible voting. In an order made following…
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