MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Crime and Justice

Plane crash updates

Bob Collins February 18, 2010, 10:42 AM Feb 18, 2010

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A small plane has hit a seven-story office building in Austin, Texas.

What an assassination team looks like

Bob Collins February 16, 2010, 12:27 PM Feb 16, 2010

Security camera footage is pieced together to identify assassins of a Hamas commander.

‘Desperate for insurance’

Bob Collins February 10, 2010, 4:28 PM Feb 10, 2010

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It takes a lot of guts for someone to get up in front of a roomful of reporters and tell the world you got taken in an apparent scam.

When a judge is gay

Bob Collins February 8, 2010, 8:23 PM Feb 8, 2010

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Does it matter that the judge in the California case on whether the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is constitutional is gay?

The sex offender question

Bob Collins February 1, 2010, 10:27 AM Feb 1, 2010

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Can the state afford to incarcerate so many sexually dangerous people?

When a hero is just a hero

Bob Collins January 27, 2010, 4:39 PM Jan 27, 2010

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It took five months, but a review of a Maplewood police officer’s actions last summer confirms she was a hero.

Change meets its match

Bob Collins January 21, 2010, 9:34 AM Jan 21, 2010

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An attempt to control the influence of big money in elections runs headlong into the U.S. Constitution.

A day in the life of the Appeals Court

Bob Collins January 19, 2010, 10:57 AM Jan 19, 2010

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The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled today that if someone shoots somebody, they can be given a harsher sentence for not helping them with their injury.

Supeme Court agrees to hear political speech case

Bob Collins January 15, 2010, 3:55 PM Jan 15, 2010

It’s the second time this week the court has waded into a question brought about because of concerns from opponents of same-sex marriage that publicity could lead to their harassment.

What happened at Seward Market

Bob Collins January 14, 2010, 2:07 PM Jan 14, 2010

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Charging documents reveal how three men were killed in a Minneapolis store.

The limits of political speech

Bob Collins January 14, 2010, 11:55 AM Jan 14, 2010

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If you could be harassed for expressing your political views, are you denied your right to free speech?

The harm of cameras in a courtroom

Bob Collins January 13, 2010, 4:11 PM Jan 13, 2010

The Supreme Court says televising the gay marriage trial would harm those taking part in it.

Heroin: It’s a guy thing

Bob Collins January 12, 2010, 1:35 PM Jan 12, 2010

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New data shows the increase in the number of heroin deaths in the Twin Cities.

Transplant patient’s handicap van stolen in St. Paul

Bob Collins January 10, 2010, 8:06 PM Jan 10, 2010

This has been a week to conclude that there’s something wrong with us.

A thousand words: Seward strikes back

Bob Collins January 7, 2010, 10:02 PM Jan 7, 2010

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Sometimes, the loudest voice is the one that comes out on a night when most people would stay inside.