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Jul: 03, 2013

How unique is your hair? The FBI is looking into it

For decades the FBI has been using hair analysis and other forms of DNA testing to aid in the conviction of defendants. The science has certainly helped defendants who are accused of violent crimes, murder and rape to clear their name, too, but the FBI has recently announced that it will be looking into some of its cases to check for faulty science. One of the biggest problems the FBI has had, it seems, is agents making claims about hair analysis that can’t be supported by science. When those statements led to a conviction, it is very possible that the wrong person was convicted.

May: 03, 2013

Sex offender registration raising debate on how much is too much

Last week we talked about the damage that comes with someone being forced to register as a sex offender while still a child. There are numerous issues that arise when someone finds out about a former offender’s status, both for children and adults, making it very important that only the most dangerous people be added to the Minnesota Sex Offender Registry. Unfortunately, there are a variety of people who are added each year, many of whom pose no threat to the communities in which they live.

Mar: 03, 2013

Minneapolis’s high rape statistics are misleading

Many people in Minneapolis are likely aware that the number of rapes reported within the city are much higher than any other city in the country. What they may not know, however, is that the Minneapolis Police Department has been reporting far more crimes than just rapes to the FBI. For at least the past eight years, the Minneapolis Police Department has been operating under a much broader definition of rape than what has been requested by the FBI for its statistical comparisons.

Mar: 03, 2013

Minnesota Sex Offender Program will change, one way or another

This blog has previously mentioned the Minnesota Sex Offender Program, a program designed to hold former sex offenders after they have finished serving their sentences because the court believes they could be dangerous, and the fact that it has come under scrutiny. Several of the offenders who are trapped in this program have very little hope of getting out and they are arguing that their constitutional rights have been infringed upon.

Dec: 02, 2012

Women accuse doctor of sexual assault during examination

It is many Minneapolis residents’ worst nightmares to be accused of a crime and not have any witnesses to back them up. Imagine being arrested and charged with sexual assault by someone; the first thing to do would be to find people who could say that you are innocent. But, what if you were alone with the accuser and that is when he or she said you committed the assault? What do you do when it is just your word against the accuser’s? Unfortunately, that is the situation that a former Mankato Clinic doctor is now facing.

Dec: 02, 2012

Convictions overturned in alleged Minnesota sex-trafficking ring

Those facing sex crimes charges in Minnesota may find the following story very interesting. More than 30 individuals were alleged to have been involved in a conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of children in three states, including Minnesota.

Nov: 02, 2012

St. Paul man on trial for aiding rape of teen, pleads not guilty

One 24-year-old man accused of aiding in the rape of a teenage girl has pled not guilty in a Ramsey County court. According to police, the man, who they claim is part of a gang, was allegedly part of a plot for nine men to rape the victim. The man, however, said that although he knew members of the gang and what sorts of things they do, he is not a part of the gang.

Nov: 02, 2012

Sex crime allegations dropped, others raised against Elmo puppeteer

Far too often, people who make sex crime allegations have ulterior motives. Such motives include everything from a desire for publicity or notoriety to seeking advantage in a child custody dispute or even vengeance.

Oct: 02, 2012

Panel plans to change the Minnesota Sex Offender Program

It was after a class action lawsuit filed by inmates of the Minnesota Sex Offender Program argued that their indefinite civil commitment was a violation of their constitutional rights that a federal judge ordered the state to change the program. It was after a foreign court refused to extradite a man accused of a sex crime to Minnesota, however, that it truly became obvious how horrible the Minnesota civil commitment program truly is. Calling it a “flagrant denial” of the suspect’s human rights, the court would not send the man to Minnesota even though there was only a chance that he would be civilly committed.

Aug: 02, 2012

USA Swimming defends itself against allegations of sexual cover-up

Residents of Wayzata were likely watching Olympic swimming this summer as Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte and other members of the American swim team took to the pool. These members of USA Swimming were just a few of the thousands of athletes who work tirelessly under the direction of their coaches. Now, people in Wayzata may have heard that USA Swimming and prominent coaches are defending themselves about sexual misconduct.

Category: Sex Crimes