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February 23, 2012
Judge reprimands priest convicted of crime for having consensual sex with adult woman
Catholic priests' penchant for engaging in sexual relations with young boys has landed the church in hot water repeatedly in recent years.Priest Christopher Wenthe's case is a little different. In November, Wenthe, 47, was convicted of one count of third-degree criminal sexual assault for having ... More >>
Blogs
October 20, 2011
Amina Ali, Hawo Hassan found guilty on terrorism charges
amina Ali was convicted on 13 felony counts.Amina Ali and Hawo Hassan, the two Rochester women accused of providing material support to Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab, have been found guilty on all counts by a Minneapolis jury.Hassan was convicted on three counts, while the jury found Ali ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2011
Malo Gomez shot at the cops because he was "bored"
Malo Gomez needs a different hobby.Malo Gomez felt like firing off a few rounds, and he allegedly picked one of the worst targets possible: A cop car, with two cops sitting inside of it. Two Minneapolis Police officers were in the middle of a routine traffic stop at the Union Liquor store on the ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
Steven Augustinack, Brainerd citizen of the year, is guilty of kiddie-porn charges
linkedin.comSteven "Gus" AugustinackSteven Augustinack was named Brainerd Citizen of the Year by the local Junior Chamber Jaycees last October, in part for his work with groups like Youth as Resources and the Sertoma Camp Confidence Club for deaf and hard of hearing children. A month later, ... More >>
Blogs
July 9, 2010
Ball slasher Christopher Neil Bjerkness violates probation, good taste
Bjerkness violated parole, but Duluth's rubber balls are safeThe good news about Christopher Neil Bjerkness violating the terms of his probation is that he didn't relapse into his weird self-described sexual fetish of stabbing big, squishy rubber balls with a cold, hard knife. No, in this ca ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2010
Tom Petters sentencing wrap-up video
Illustrator Ken Avidor, who covered the trial of Tom Petters for City Pages, sends this final video and the following account:
Blogs
November 17, 2009
Video of Wis. prisoner subdued by grenade is released
A video the Wisconsin Department of Corrections wanted under wraps is now out in the open.
Blogs
October 23, 2008
Another Petters associate pleads guilty, judges stop lawsuits
A video the Wisconsin Department of Corrections wanted under wraps is now out in the open.
Feature
March 26, 2008
Crime and PTSD
Pending legislation would help veterans get treatment instead of prison time
Arts
March 7, 2007
Spotlight: The Exonerated
Pending legislation would help veterans get treatment instead of prison time
Music
February 8, 2006
Immigrant Song
Jon Langford's American discoveries
Blogs
June 30, 2005
Just Who Are We Punishing?
Jon Langford's American discoveries
News
November 12, 2003
Ashcroft the Avenger
Two Minnesota judges return fire at the justice department
News
October 22, 2003
Behind Closed Doors
Stephen Porter may have been humiliated and abused by cops. Or he may be the best thing that's happened to the MPD in a long time.
News
June 25, 2003
Addicted To Drug Court
The Good News and the Bad News: Hennepin County�s drug court has cleared court dockets and steered a lot of people toward treatment. It�s also allowed the county to push thousands more casual offenders into the corrections system.
News
May 21, 2003
Dead Again?
The drive to bring back capital punishment has friends in high places
News
May 7, 2003
Stupid Sentencing Tricks
A Minnesota judge is targeted for speaking out against federal drug-sentencing guidelines
News
July 3, 2002
True's Story
Prosecutors dropped murder charges against Phillip True. Then he was thrown in jail.
Books
May 9, 2001
Safe Harbor?
The Salvation Army plans to house prison inmates in a work-release program at its Minneapolis shelter
Books
February 21, 2001
Look, Sheryl: No Pictures!
A recommended reading list for people who live in big houses
Books
February 7, 2001
Ill Communication
The state profits from phone calls to the big house. Inmates say their families are ending up in the poorhouse.
News
January 24, 2001
Meet Judge Cupcake
Instead of a 12-year prison sentence, Judge James Campbell gave an attempted murderer a few months in the workhouse. And he can't understand why everyone's so upset about it.
Books
November 1, 2000
Drinking Games
Two high-profile convictions rekindle a debate over what to do when drunk drivers kill
Books
October 25, 2000
Prison Math
Thanks to census counts, inmates are bringing big money to small towns
Books
May 31, 2000
Dropping the Dime
He fought for his right to make phone calls from prison, but now Ronaldo Ligons is about to be disconnected
Movies
January 19, 2000
Love and Death
In Mr. Death, documentarian Errol Morris trains his beloved Interrotron on execution technologist-turned-Holocaust denier Fred Leuchter
Books
October 20, 1999
Collect Call
Minnesota could find itself writing checks to hundreds of prisoners--thanks to a jailhouse lawyer with an eye for detail
Books
July 21, 1999
Time Is Money
Inmates still stamp out license plates, but an emerging corporate ethic is pushing Minnesota's prison industries to branch out, cut fat, and pay peanuts
News
July 7, 1999
Life Sentences
Teaching Minnesota's student prisoners reveals the power of the pen
News
November 11, 1998
The Bars That Bind
Eight years for burglary. Eighteen for rape. Life for murder. Five women talk about doing time with their men behind bars.
Books
November 4, 1998
Bad Blood
This summer, Corky Maurer learned that he picked up hepatitis C in prison. And that's not the worst news.
Books
October 7, 1998
Medic Alert
Apparently imprisonment isn't sufficient punishment--witness the state's new money-saving deal for inmate health care
News
August 12, 1998
Silent Scream
A series of teen rapes shocks local Hmong parents into confronting a new culture: their children.
Arts
July 22, 1998
Art of Conviction
Inmate artists and prison instructors talk about life on the inside
Books
March 4, 1998
Ronin Ro: Have Gun Will Travel
Inmate artists and prison instructors talk about life on the inside
Books
February 25, 1998
Michael A. Mello Dead Wrong
Inmate artists and prison instructors talk about life on the inside
News
February 4, 1998
Road Kill
Their cars were moving when James Lundquist and William Anderson opened fire on strangers. But was anyone at the wheel?
News
December 24, 1997
Christmas in the Big House
Out of Stillwater's 1,300 or so inmates, 80 attended this year's holiday service, which Chaplain Steve Hokonson calls "pretty good": "You're talking Monday evening. Monday Night Football--there's a little bit of competition there."
News
August 6, 1997
Warden Jones
Never mind the new state law outlawing smoking in prisons, Stillwater inmate Gale Rachuy has no plans to quit. "Within a week, watch. This is going to turn into a very dangerous place."
Books
June 4, 1997
Hard Time
Never mind the new state law outlawing smoking in prisons, Stillwater inmate Gale Rachuy has no plans to quit. "Within a week, watch. This is going to turn into a very dangerous place."
News
May 28, 1997
Fall Guy
Larry Gould was a long-time junkie on the mend in a methadone program until he was lured into a drug sting. Now he's doing five years. But he made a few undercover cops look good in the process, and that was the important thing.
News
March 19, 1997
Throw Away the Key--For Less!
Corrections Corporation of America is a darling of Wall Street and the country's largest private prison company. Now it wants to run Minnesota's newest prison.
News
March 5, 1997
Two's a Crowd
Corrections Corporation of America is a darling of Wall Street and the country's largest private prison company. Now it wants to run Minnesota's newest prison.
Arts
December 4, 1996
Dead On Arrival
Tupac's posthumous Makaveli, along with new releases by Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, take gangsta rap to different ends
News
May 15, 1996
Packing the Prisons
Tupac's posthumous Makaveli, along with new releases by Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, take gangsta rap to different ends
News
April 3, 1996
Cracking Down
Rising repression means escalating tensions at Oak Park Heights, the state's only maximum-security prison.
News
March 27, 1996
End Notes
Rising repression means escalating tensions at Oak Park Heights, the state's only maximum-security prison.
News
February 28, 1996
Death Row Stories
During the 1970s the Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment on the grounds that it was applied in an "arbitrary" and "capricious" manner. Now it's back with a vengeance, but as a group of Minnesota attorneys is learning, nothing has really changed.
News
February 21, 1996
God and Man at Stillwater
During the 1970s the Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment on the grounds that it was applied in an "arbitrary" and "capricious" manner. Now it's back with a vengeance, but as a group of Minnesota attorneys is learning, nothing has really changed.
News
November 1, 1995
What About Bob?
During the 1970s the Supreme Court outlawed capital punishment on the grounds that it was applied in an "arbitrary" and "capricious" manner. Now it's back with a vengeance, but as a group of Minnesota attorneys is learning, nothing has really changed.
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