Starting in July, a new citizen panel will review requests from inmates serving mandatory minimum life sentences, mostly for first-degree murder. Previously, the review process has been done by the corrections commissioner.
The Minnesota Department of Corrections will soon seek citizen help with deciding who gets out of prison and who remains locked up. Because of a 2023 change by the Legislature, Corrections Commissioner Paul Schnell will no longer make release decisions on his own. Starting in July, a new citizen panel will decide which inmates serving life sentences are released and which stay in prison. "This .
Readers Write: Minneapolis police, custody laws, cooking at home Good officers are leaving the force. February 5, 2021 6:00pm Text size Copy shortlink:
I read with great concern retired Minneapolis Police Department Lt. Kim Voss opinion piece ( Why I am one of many former MPD officers, Feb. 5). As a former public defender, prosecutor and judge in Minneapolis, I had cases throughout the years with countless members of the MPD, including Voss herself. Several times I accompanied police officers on ride-alongs and observed their courageous and conscientious efforts to protect the public s safety.
It is indeed a sad state of affairs when competent, experienced officers in our community feel compelled to leave the police force to preserve their own mental and physical well-being. While there are bad apples in any profession including my own the vast majority devoting themselves to law enforcement careers are co