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The Hennepin County Attorney's office has hired a team of former federal prosecutors to take over the high-profile murder case against state trooper Ryan Londregan, signing a formal contract Thursday that agreed to a $1 million billing cap for their services. Four attorneys from Steptoe LLP, a Washington D.C.-based international law firm, will be deputized as special assistant county attorneys ...

The Hennepin County Attorney's Office will pay an out-of-state law firm $850 an hour to help prosecute Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan.

After initially authorizing $48 million for the program, the county board ended the agreement early this month. North Memorial said it's "disappointed."

Mental health advocates in Hennepin County, Minnesota, are pushing for the link between crime and mental health to be examined as serious juvenile crimes increase.