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Minnesota inmates can apply for conviction review under new statewide program
The Minnesota Attorney General s Office is accepting applications to review convictions for inmates who say they are innocent. Written By: Sarah Mearhoff | ×
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021 announces that the statewide Conviction Review Unit is accepting applications from Minnesota inmates who say they are innocent and want to be exonerated. Sarah Mearhoff / Forum News Service
ST. PAUL Minnesota is one of just seven states in the country dedicating statewide resources to investigating claims of wrongful felony convictions, in hopes of restoring trust in the criminal justice system and freeing inmates who shouldn’t be behind bars.
By Pat Sweeney
Aug 3, 2021 | 4:54 PM
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and metro prosecutors are announcing the launch of a new unit to review potentially wrongful convictions through a partnership with the Minnesota Innocence Project. The partnership is funded by a two-year, $300,000 grant from the Justice Department and will be the first of its kind in the state to review the cases of people imprisoned for crimes they may not have committed. The new unit will also attempt to determine frequent causes of wrongful convictions to prevent such cases and potentially identify who actually committed the crime in some cases.
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Minnesota s Conviction Review Unit now taking cases
The state is engaging in a renewed push to correct mistakes in the justice system and consider claims from prisoners who believe they were wrongfully convicted. Author: John Croman Updated: 2:42 AM CDT August 4, 2021
ST PAUL, Minn. Minnesota s renewed commitment to identify wrongful convictions reached a new milestone Tuesday, when the state s new Conviction Review Unit began accepting applications from those who want their cases to get a closer look. No justice system can be successful without the trust of the public, Attorney General Keith Ellison told reporters. By collaborating with community activists, national criminal justice experts, prosecutor from around the state of Minnesota, we are striving for a more perfect system.