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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Crime and Justice

English only

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 24, 2010, 12:33 PM Aug 24, 2010
5

In any English-only discussion, perhaps it’s best to start with what exceptions there will be?

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Minnesota medical resident case heading to Supreme Court

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 23, 2010, 12:49 PM Aug 23, 2010
2

Are medical residents working stiffs or students?

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Is Minnesota becoming a judicial basket case?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 23, 2010, 12:06 PM Aug 23, 2010
2

The new Minnesota Supreme Court chief justice warns the system is in danger of breaking down.

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Perjury and the U.S. Congress

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 19, 2010, 2:25 PM Aug 19, 2010
1

How did oil executives avoid the same fate as Roger Clemens? They had an apparent friend in Congress.

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Final call

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 18, 2010, 4:07 PM Aug 18, 2010

Among the more touching moments when a police officer dies, is the last mention on the police radio.

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Personal opinions and a constitution

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 12, 2010, 4:01 PM Aug 12, 2010
2

The Associated Press today is carrying a fascinating story about Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s latest trip to Iowa, during which he explained his view of the role of judges in the same-sex marriage debate.

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‘Do you know how fast you were going?’

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 12, 2010, 12:44 PM Aug 12, 2010
12

In Menahga, Minnesota, a man has been arrested for doing 178 miles per hour

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Questions and answers about the Somali indictments

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 5, 2010, 11:13 AM Aug 5, 2010

The U.S. has indicted 20 people in the investigation of apparent recruiting of Somalis in Minnesota and elsewhere by terrorist organizations.

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The Prop 8 ruling

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 4, 2010, 3:49 PM Aug 4, 2010
14

The ‘money quotes’ from a California judge’s ruling that overturned voters’ ban on same-sex marriage.

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Trooper shooting on tape

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 7, 2010, 2:25 PM Jul 7, 2010
2

Before there were dashboard cameras in police cars, situations like this ended up as one person’s version of events vs. someone else’s.

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The Duluth gun caper

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 6, 2010, 12:36 PM Jul 6, 2010

The unanswered question in Duluth today is: “How on earth did someone mistake a squirt gun for a real gun?

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An hour with the judge

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 6, 2010, 11:04 AM Jul 6, 2010
4

We rarely hear from federal judges, except in the decisions they write, but today was an exception.

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Why the Wetterling case is newsworthy

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 1, 2010, 12:50 PM Jul 1, 2010
13

What makes Jacob Wetterling’s situation newsworthy is that stranger abductions in Minnesota almost never happen. And if it turns out a neighbor was involved in Wetterling’s disappearance, it didn’t happen to him, either.

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Inside the gun control debate

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 28, 2010, 11:27 AM Jun 28, 2010
2

Today’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that extends the 2nd amendment to the states is 214 pages of a judicial pie fight.

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The Pride ruling

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 25, 2010, 3:11 PM Jun 25, 2010
2

Regular readers of News Cut know that I love a good controversy over the United States Constitution, and the more reprehensible people find those who cite it, the stronger the Constitution emerges.

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