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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Crime and Justice

The surveillance society

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 24, 2011, 4:49 PM Mar 24, 2011

The arrest of a man in Michigan shows just how easier it is to track your movement.

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Minnesota court to consider whether anti-tobacco lawsuit can continue

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 16, 2011, 12:30 PM Mar 16, 2011
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The Minnesota Supreme Court has agreed to review whether an appeals court properly reinstated a 10-year-old, class action lawsuit against Philip Morris that claims the company fraudulently marketed Marlboro Lights as a safer cigarette.

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Sometimes the truth doesn’t set you free

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 11, 2011, 1:31 PM Mar 11, 2011
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A Minneapolis blogger is ordered to pay $60,000 to a man who lost his job because of something written about him.

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Charges filed in case of child thrown into snowbank

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 8, 2011, 12:03 PM Mar 8, 2011
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A mother of a newborn has been charged in Hennepin County.

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Medical examiner: Gay teen’s death was suicide

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 7, 2011, 4:42 PM Mar 7, 2011
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An official’s ruling sparks a new debate on the effects of bullying.

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Book closed on open sore

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 11, 2011, 12:42 PM Feb 11, 2011

Chandra Levy’s killer was given a 60-year prison term today.

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Same-sex marriage showdown underway in Iowa

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 2, 2011, 3:03 PM Feb 2, 2011
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An Iowa Senate politician may be all that’s preventing an end to same-sex marriage in the state.

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Drug testing for welfare recipients?

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 2, 2011, 12:04 PM Feb 2, 2011
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Old bill are again making new appearances at the Legislature.

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Coincidence? Or a tragic example of the power of the press?

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 27, 2011, 12:18 PM Jan 27, 2011
3 Comments

You may recall the controversy last fall when a newspaper in Uganda printed pictures of homosexuals in the country with ‘hang them’ on the front page. One of them is dead.

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Supreme Court hands dairy farmers a win over stray voltage

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 26, 2011, 1:22 PM Jan 26, 2011
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The court ruling sparks a new debate over how much stray electricity threatens Minnesota dairy farmers.

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The limits of free speech

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 25, 2011, 1:21 PM Jan 25, 2011
7 Comments

A jury awarded $400,000 to a man because of things someone said about him on the Internet. Now he wants to make it a crime.

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The Moscow bombing

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 24, 2011, 11:26 AM Jan 24, 2011
2 Comments

Some eyewitness video has now been posted to YouTube from today’s suicide bombing at a Moscow airport.

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Teen death story igniting media feud in central Minnesota

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 21, 2011, 2:50 PM Jan 21, 2011
1 Comment

Lance Lundsten is dead. There’s little agreement how he died.

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Fact-check: Guns and violence

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 20, 2011, 11:21 AM Jan 20, 2011
2 Comments

How big a part did Arizona’s gun laws play in the assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson nearly two weeks ago?

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Breaking: Asset trader charged with threatening officials

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 14, 2011, 10:39 AM Jan 14, 2011
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The feds are charging a commodities trader with, basically, putting a bounty on the heads of government officials and other officials.

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