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Longtime Maslon partner David F. Herr, regarded as a giant of Minnesota law for his decades of highly respected work as an appellate lawyer and complex case litigator, legal educator and prolific author on the law, has died. He was 71.
MINNEAPOLIS â When her 11-year-old son Jacob was kidnapped by a stranger in a mask holding a gun, Patty Wetterling wanted to know how this could have happened. What did the cops need to catch predators that they didn't already have? That was 1989, and her questions led to the creation of Minnesota's first sex offender registry in 1991. Back then, it was a private list designed to quickly show law enforcement if convicted sex and kidnapping offenders lived in an area by requiring them to register their addresses. Thirty years later, Minnesota's list has swelled to more than 18,000 active ...
Advocates push for changes to Minnesota's predatory registry March 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Advocates in Minnesota are pushing legislators to remove most juveniles from the state's predatory registry, arguing that it makes it difficult for young people to overcome societal barriers. The state's Predatory Offender Registry has more than 18,000 names, which includes people in their teens through their 60s, according to a spokesperson from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. In some cases, people can be placed on the list without a conviction. Patty Wetterling, ...
Minnesota's Predatory Offender Registry now has more than 18,000 names on it.
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