Minnesota

January 5, 2017 (Fault Lines) — Minnesotans who receive the label “sex offender,” and are determined either a “sexually dangerous person” or “a person with a sexual psychopathic tendency,” now face the potential for life incarceration in...

December 20, 2016 (Fault Lines) — The amorphous blob of a sexual assault law that isn’t, often referred to here as “Title IX,” clashed last week with another major powerhouse on college campuses. College athletics bring...

December 19, 2016 (fault Lines) — If you believe the attorneys for Officer Jeronimo Yanez, the St. Anthony, Minnesota Police Officer who killed Philando Castile during a traffic stop, then being stoned is negligence and if...

December 13, 2016 (Fault Lines) – The city of Saint Paul recently revised its city ordinance on its citizen – police review commission, changing the make-up of the commission from two police officers and five civilians,...

November 18, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Not a lot of people are going to feel too bad reading about a harsh sentence for someone who tried to join ISIS, even if they did say they were...

October 29, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Another day, another outrage as white police officers unfairly arrest another black man for something stupid. This time, the arrestee is Larnie Thomas: A Minnesota NAACP branch demanded a formal...

October 4, 2016 (Fault Lines) — In most communities, sex offenders are probably about as welcome as creepy clowns. In Birchwood Village, Minnesota, Thomas Jefferson found that out the hard way. The Jeffersons wanted to take...

August 24, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Minneapolis might become a test bed for police reform if a new measure before voters this November is approved. The city council initially voted 9 to 3 against it, with...

July 12, 2016 (Fault Lines) — Brian Fung, a reporter for the Washington Post, has a point. In the wake of Philando Castile’s shooting at the hands of a Falcon Heights, MI cop, every interest group...

June 23, 2016 (Fault Lines) — The “sexting” craze, sending nude photos of one another across digital lines, has led to arrest after arrest of children for the simple offense of doing stupid things with cell...