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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Crime and Justice

They didn’t tell me I couldn’t have a gun

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 17, 2011, 10:45 AM Oct 17, 2011
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A Shakopee man wanted his domestic assault conviction overturned because his lawyer didn’t tell him pleading guilty would prevent him from owning a gun.

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Is a cross just a cross?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 14, 2011, 2:03 PM Oct 14, 2011
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The Supreme Court could decide once and for all whether a cross by the side of a public highway is a government endorsement of religion.

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Are reporters lobbyists?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 14, 2011, 10:41 AM Oct 14, 2011
3

What part of the First Amendment don’t government officials get? On some days, most of it.

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Supreme Court explains rejection of Seward killer’s age appeal

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 12, 2011, 3:02 PM Oct 12, 2011
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The court said it’s fairly impossible to prove beyond all doubt, the age of people from country’s that don’t keep birth records.

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Drunk driving: It’s a man’s world

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 4, 2011, 12:30 PM Oct 4, 2011

One in seven current Minnesota drivers has a DWI on record, and one in 17 has two or more DWIs

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On refusing to stand for a judge

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 3, 2011, 11:34 AM Oct 3, 2011
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This is a new experience for the justice system here, but there are several instances of this dilemma facing judges in Europe.

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‘Does this mean we join the league of ordinary nations?’

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 1, 2011, 9:34 AM Oct 1, 2011
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The killing of Anwar al-Awlaki mirrors a West Wing storyline.

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Is an RC airplane a threat?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2011, 4:11 PM Sep 28, 2011
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A Massachusetts man was indicted today for conspiring to blow up the Capitol with an RC airplane. Is that even possible?

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What was in Cassie Gordon’s head?

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2011, 2:16 PM Sep 28, 2011
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When Katherine Gordon was killed on I-394 in Golden Valley last week, it wasn’t the first time she saw the business end of a police officer’s gun, according to her brother.

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The Jackson trial

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 28, 2011, 11:28 AM Sep 28, 2011

The brain can process complex things. But it will certainly struggle with the notion that the tape played in a courtroom yesterday was Michael Jackson.

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Revenge in the digital age

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 26, 2011, 2:03 PM Sep 26, 2011
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A high-tech pushback is underway against the New York City police officer who pepper sprayed a group of people who were protesting in the city’s financial district over the weekend

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Texting laws making little difference

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 25, 2011, 8:13 AM Sep 25, 2011
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If you’re stopped for texting while driving, it’s too easy to claim you were using your phone for something else.

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Court: There’s no ‘CSI Effect’

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 23, 2011, 1:11 PM Sep 23, 2011
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It had to happen sooner or later. CSI, the TV show about forensics and crime, has become the center of a court case in Massachusetts.

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How to be sure the guilty are really guilty

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 19, 2011, 3:23 PM Sep 19, 2011
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What could prevent the imprisonment or execution of the innocent? A better method of running a lineup, a Minneapolis researcher says.

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Charges in the Senser case

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 15, 2011, 3:16 PM Sep 15, 2011
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The Hennepin County Attorney is revealing what charges are being filed in the hit-and-run case against Amy Senser.

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