We see it proposed in movies, television shows, and high-profile crime cases – the insanity defense. Although we might think of it often as consumers of media and entertainment, the reality of the insanity defense is that it is rarely used, and even less likely...
Let’s say someone you know was engaged in some sort of criminal activity and managed to get away with it in the short term. Or maybe they made some youthful indiscretions in their earlier years. How long does that person have to live their life looking over...
The terms burglary and robbery are often used interchangeably in everyday life, movies and television. However, these terms have very different legal definitions under Minnesota’s criminal code. When a character in a television series comes home from vacation to...
According to the Office of the Revisor of Statutes, assault takes a number of forms. For example, those who try to cause physical harm to another person or actually injure someone else have committed assault. In Minneapolis, and cities across Minnesota, it is also...
Many states have laws on the books that criminalize the act of being in public while drunk due to alcohol consumption and/or drug use. These offenses are known by various names such as public intoxication, drunk and disorderly, drunk in public. However, Minnesota is...
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