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U.S. law requires jury pools to represent a fair cross section of the community. Yet people of color are less likely to make it into the jury pool compared to white residents, even though most defendants are people of color. It's a decades-old issue that has defied solutions.
Nearly every spot on the ballot has a candidate with 10 more days to file.
The filing period for candidates seeking office in Minnesota's November general election opened today.
It would have been his second trial for the 2019 murder of a Rochester man.
Muhidin Abukar, 33, entered into a plea agreement Monday, May 16, 2022, shortly before his trial was set to begin for his role in the death of a 28-year-old Rochester man.