Then… In August 1973, the cover of TIME magazine featured a man in a plaid shirt standing in a boat in the middle of a lake holding up a fish. That man…
Criminal justice officials in Hennepin County are failing to use the new state statute and enhanced penalty specifically designed to help reduce violent carjackings. Given that 81 percent of all…
A look at legislation set to reduce prison and community supervision time for thousands of Minnesota’s convicted felons. In the midst of the torrent of progressive legislation in 2023 during…
The problem Analysis by Center of the American Experiment reveals that criminal justice officials in Hennepin County are failing to use the new state statute and enhanced penalties specifically designed…
An unambiguous sentence On October 16, 1989, Olmsted County District Court Judge Ancy Morse pronounced the following sentence upon David Brom, who had been convicted of killing his parents and…
The 2023 Minnesota Legislature passed a public safety measure entitled the Minnesota Rehabilitation and Reinvestment Act (MRRA). A key component of the MRRA was the “Earned Incentive Release Credit” (EIRC).…
In 1980 Minnesota became the first state in the nation to adopt a sentencing guidelines structure. The guidelines that were adopted were designed for judges to follow to “ensure that the…
Let’s talk turkey! Golden Turkey, that is. In what turned out to be a two-project race, the new state flag and seal defeated Gov. Tim Walz’s DEI staff to win…
It wasn’t enough for the 2023 legislature to spend the entire surplus, raise taxes and add thousands of new government bureaucrats. They had to do one more thing: change the…
It came as a surprise to many Minnesotans in 2023 to discover that one one of the most pressing priorities facing our state was not crime or the economy but…
It has not been a good couple of months for the Minnesota state government. First, on June 11, the Office of the Legislative Auditor (OLA) published a report estimating that…
At a time when legitimate concerns exist regarding whether Minnesota is doing enough to hold criminal offenders accountable...
According to the Hennepin County jail roster, Thompson remains in county custody six weeks after the horrific Minneapolis car crash in which five young women were killed. Since our last…
The 2023 legislative session was a study of pushing through an ideological agenda.
It happens so rarely that you can’t help but notice when it does. Every once in a while, the proverbial little guy prevails over the powers that be — or…
Make no mistake, Governor Tim Walz’s appointment of Attorney General Keith Ellison to take over a murder case from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty is significant. It was the right thing…
The Beltrami County jail in Bemidji rates as one of the most dangerous facilities in the state — and not just for inmates. In a recent update to the citizens…
The Sentencing Guidelines Commission met last week to consider eliminating what’s called custody status points from the sentencing grid for felons. The Commission heard hours of testimony after American Experiment…
The trials of those arrested and charged will hopefully shed more light on the motives of those who have ravaged our cities and pushed George Floyd's name off the top…
The economic cost of Minnesota's war against the coronavirus may be one we need to pay, but it is already very high indeed.
The state’s ineptitude grows.
The Center has been trying for several years to answer a simple question: how much does the refugee resettlement program costing taxpayers. Why? Minnesota is the number one destination for…