Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty was in the hot seat Tuesday after her office hired a Washington, D.C.-based law firm to lead the murder case against Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said at the board meeting that her office’s adult prosecution division is about ten attorneys short. She said putting experienced staff attorneys on this case would have hurt their ability to prosecute other violent crimes in the county.
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