Panel names 6 finalists for 2 open seats on MN Supreme Court yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Minnesota Voters Alliance says new law improperly restored voting rights to felons startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A woman who received a life prison sentence without the possibility of parole for aiding the kidnapping and murder of a Minneapolis real estate agent is entitled to a new trial, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday. Elsa E. Segura's conviction was reversed and remanded back to Hennepin County District Court but she currently remains incarcerated at the Shakopee women's prison. .
All seven justices of Minnesota’s Supreme Court will soon be Democratic-Farmer-Labor governor appointees. Associate Justice G. Barry Anderson, the last Republican appointee to the state’s highest court, is retiring in the spring after two decades in the position, Gov. Tim Walz’s office announced late Thursday. Anderson has served on the Supreme Court since Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty .