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‘I think I’m one of the very few people of color in these positions’: Serving as a policy director at a state agency has given Khan, a longtime nonprofit leader, the opportunity to advocate for change.

Category: Criminal Justice

Promoting a reform agenda at the Department of Corrections? Safia Khan is trying to make it happen.

Jerry Blackwell’s closing argument helped win a conviction against Derek Chauvin. As a corporate lawyer—and hobby farmer—he wasn’t an obvious choice for the job.

Interim U.S. attorney for Minnesota explains the scope of the civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department.

U.S. Attorney General announces investigation into Minneapolis Police Department for potential discriminatory conduct.

Long-ago criminal cases have caused a wave of deportations for Minnesotans from Southeast Asia. A proposed law would give some immigrants a chance at redemption.

Surya Saxena said to be finalist for Minnesota’s next U.S. attorney.

Andy Luger on short list for Minnesota’s next U.S. attorney, sources say.

‘Mexicans don’t want to call the police,’ alleged burglars say. The result in one Minnesota suburb? Twenty apartment break-ins targeting immigrants.

Coughing, chest pains? Immigration detainees say they still can’t get a COVID-19 test in one Minnesota jail.

Lawyers and ICE detainees, worried about the spread of COVID-19, sound alarm about conditions inside county jails

Minnesotan sentenced to 35 years in ISIS case says he didn’t get the chance to plead guilty

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