The county’s effective use of resources for the mentally ill and chemical dependent is a cause for celebration.
Facts often get buried by unchallenged narratives and misinformation. As a result, bad policy and law get adopted without proper review, reflection, or debate. Case in point, the movement to ban…
The DFL-led Minnesota Legislature is moving forward with its plan to give voting rights to felons who have not yet completed their sentences. As written, the legislation would allow convicted felons…
Courts are skirting sentencing guidelines for gun related crimes.
With Minnesota’s public safety strategies at a crossroads, it is more important than ever to ensure those strategies are built on solid information and not hopeful narratives. Center of the…
Rising crime is a major concern for most Minnesotans, and rightfully so. In 2020 Minnesota became a high crime state for the first time in our history, and trendlines suggest…
On July 21, American Experiment’s public safety expert David Zimmer joined the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission (MSGC) for a special meeting to discuss their move to eliminate the Custody Status…
On July 21, American Experiment’s public safety expert David Zimmer joined the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission (MSGC) for a special meeting to discuss their move to eliminate the Custody Status…
Facts often get buried by unchallenged narratives and misinformation. As a result, bad policy and law get adopted without proper review, reflection, or debate. Case in point, the movement to ban…
The DFL-led Minnesota Legislature is moving forward with its plan to give voting rights to felons who have not yet completed their sentences. As written, the legislation would allow convicted felons…
Hennepin County public safety and public health leaders came together on a number of initiatives in the late 2010s that are having a positive impact on justice-involved individuals with mental…
Author and Manhattan Institute Fellow Heather Mac Donald has offered a brilliant piece in The Spectator on the death of Tyre Nichols, and the renewed calls for massive police reform. …
Memphis Tennessee isn’t well. It’s a city experiencing record-setting murders and associated violence — about eight times the national average and more than twice the rate of Minneapolis. The situation…