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		<title>Law Enforcement DWI Crackdowns for Labor Day Weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Across the country this weekend people will be celebrating. They’ll be attending cook outs, parties, or simply enjoying the extra day off. Also across the country this weekend the police will be on the lookout for drunk drivers. Increased DWI enforcement isn’t unique to Labor Day weekend. In fact, it’s not unusual at all for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Cooperation Needed for Lower Crime/Recidivism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a great piece this week in the Post Bulletin, staff writer Christine Beech takes some time to reflect on crime rates, what’s needed to reduce them, and the broken system in general. While she acknowledges punishment for criminal behavior is necessary, she makes a good argument for everyone to get involved in helping reintegrate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minneapolis Gets Tough on Gun Crime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In light of a gun death rate already exceeding the number of gun deaths in all of 2009, officials in the city of Minneapolis are letting people know, they won’t be relaxing weapons laws or penalties against violators any time soon. According to the Star Tribune, a news conference this week was the scene for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hennepin County Judge Brought Crack Cocaine Disparities to Light in 1991</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congress recently repealed a mandatory minimum sentence for possession of crack cocaine—a sentence that was completely unfair and even, perhaps, racially skewed to favor more affluent powdered cocaine users rather than the largely African American crack-cocaine defendants. And it all began when a local judge ruled the sentence was unfair and biased. Former Hennepin County [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DNA Evidence Used in Theft Case</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s not often you see DNA evidence used to solve a crime. Really. Television shows like CSI are more likely to use it than actual police departments. It’s even rarer to use it on a theft case. However, that’s just what happened with a case out of Farmington. According to the Independent, a break in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minnesota Judges Banning Internet for Some Defendants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In more and more criminal cases, Minnesota judges are banning defendants from using the Internet while they await trial or even as a condition of their probation. While it’s typically used in cases involving crimes over the Internet, defense attorneys and others are wondering if the sanction goes too far. In this article from Minnesota [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican Meth Floods Minnesota</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With Meth Labs on the decline here in Minnesota, it would be nice if meth use would dwindle along with it. However, that isn’t the case. Instead, methamphetamines from Mexico are arriving daily to the Twin City area, according to the Star Tribune. Over the past several years, laws have tightened down on the ingredients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Soon to Minnesota: Ignition Interlock Devices?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Minnesota news report this week notes that state lawmakers are considering legislation requiring DWI offenders to have an ignition interlock device (IID) installed in their vehicles. Mandatory in many states for multiple DWI offenders, ignition interlock devices are designed to stop people with DWI convictions from driving drunk again. According to the report from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Programs for Multiple DWI Offenders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you live in Anoka or Ramsey County and are caught driving drunk, “the courts are going to hammer you,” according to a DWI victims advocate in this article from the Star Tribune. These two counties have been notably tough on DWI offenders and have seen the largest declines in alcohol related accidents across the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MN Lawmakers Consider Ignition Interlocks for all DWI Offenders</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Minnesota state legislature is considering a bill that would require ignition interlock devices be installed in the vehicles of all DWI offenders, even for a first offense.According to this article from KARE11, the Senate transportation committee heard testimony on the proposal, and hopes to take action on the bill later in the session. It [...]]]></description>
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