The Minnesota Supreme Court vacated a former officer's third-degree murder conviction on Wednesday. Mohamed Noor was sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday sent the Polymet copper-nickel mine dispute back to the state Department of Natural Resources for further proceedings.
Defense Counselor Nelson’s closing argument was unusually lengthy, at nearly three full hours (!), but frankly I don’t see how that could really be avoided. If you’ve seen my view of a likely narrative of innocence (or, at least, not guilty) for the defense, it was also very lengthy. There are just a lot of issues circling this case that need to be addressed by the defense.
Overall, I think Nelson did a very good job in hitting those key issues on closing, although he definitely seemed to tire by the end, and the 30-minute break for lunch mid-closing didn’t seem to help his pacing any.