Madeleine Baran
A conference committee at the state Legislature rejected a bill this week that would require accreditation for crime labs.
(05/15/2013)
Two Minneapolis police officers were shot this afternoon while searching for a suspect in the 2700 block of Bryant Avenue South, and the suspect has died, according to police. The officers are in stable condition, and their names have not been released.
(05/10/2013)
Minnesota victims of child sex abuse may soon have more time to sue their abusers, now that the Minnesota Senate followed previous House action to pass the Child Victims Act.
(05/09/2013)
The Minnesota Senate unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that would allow lawsuits against churches, schools and other organizations that may have covered up child sexual abuse decades ago.
(05/08/2013)
The drug case that exposed shoddy work at the St. Paul police crime lab could be resolved within days.
(05/03/2013)
The city of St. Paul has hired a criminalist with nearly two decades of experience to run the struggling police crime lab.
(05/03/2013)
House lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that extends the statute of limitations for victims of child sexual abuse to sue abusers and institutions that failed to protect them.
(05/01/2013)
The mistake that sent two stillborn babies from the Regions Hospital morgue in St. Paul to a Red Wing laundry appears to be the result of inadequate labeling of fetal remains. Employees at Crothall Laundry Services discovered the first stillborn baby earlier this month.
(04/29/2013)
A Minnesota group is traveling across the Arctic region of Canada this month to gather stories about the effects of climate change.
(04/23/2013)
More than 500 Minnesotans were among the thousands who ran the Boston Marathon today. One of those who narrowly escaped deadly explosions was Hennepin County Judge Jay Quam.
(04/15/2013)
A bill that would allow victims of child sexual abuse more time to file civil lawsuits was approved by the Minnesota House Judiciary Committee this afternoon.
(03/20/2013)
The Minnesota Child Victims Act goes before the House Judiciary Committee today. It faces opposition from the Minnesota Religious Council, a lobbying group that represents many of the largest religious organizations in the state.
(03/20/2013)
A Dakota County judge has ruled that evidence from the troubled St. Paul police crime lab can be reliably retested by another lab.
(03/18/2013)
The proposed legislation was prompted by concerns about faulty work at the unaccredited St. Paul police crime lab, which suspended drug testing last year after defense attorneys in Dakota County exposed the lab's failure to follow basic scientific procedures.
(03/13/2013)
Former Shattuck-St. Mary's teacher Lynn Seibel, speaking publicly for the first time, said he is not guilty of sexually abusing students at the Faribault boarding school. In a jail interview with MPR News on Saturday, Seibel said he prays he will be acquitted and can return to his life as an actor in California.
(03/13/2013)
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