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ACLU's blind eye

...doing so, victims will be empowered to potentially identify predators that have not come in contact with the criminal justice system and are still abusing children.Appropriately, April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. I'm writing...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-04-11/aclus-blind-eye
Open Forum
State debate tournament Jan. 18 and 19

...Lincoln-Douglas Debate topic is "Resolved: Rehabilitation ought to be valued above retribution in the United States criminal justice system."Twenty-four students from 16 schools are qualified. The qualifiers are the first- through sixth-place...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2013-01-15/state-debate-tournament-jan-18-and-1
News
Nokay Lake group home is a go

...from the community that this property is not well-suited for individuals who have past involvement with the criminal justice system, nor is it well-suited for individuals who are medically fragile," she wrote. "To ensure this cannot occur...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-08-08/nokay-lake-group-home-go
News
Memory loss support and education group to meet

...presentation will begin with an explanation of the duties of a County Attorney and the roles of those involved in the criminal justice system. Then the audience will be guided through the process of how a crime is prosecuted, beginning with the commission...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-05-01/memory-loss-support-and-education-gr
News
ENTERTAINMENT BRIEFS

...landscape in his "Whatever Happened to Lady Justice" and goes beyond specific crimes to discuss more generally, the criminal justice system and abuses by the state.Brainerd native publishes bookBrainerd native author J.P. LaRue, now a New Concord...

http://brainerddispatch.com/entertainment/2011-12-14/entertainment-briefs
Entertainment
Offender program needs a new look

...allow for the release of those deemed successfully treated. The program is not punishment and is not part of the criminal justice system. Sex offenders are only committed by courts after they have served all of their prison time.The program is...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/other-opinion/2012-02-16/offender-program-ne
Other Opinion
Pilot project begins with hope of changing lives and cutting costs

...Drug Court, where intense supervision is used in an effort to keep non-violent people from returning to the criminal justice system. For governmental entities, a benefit comes in reducing costs as participants make real changes in their lives...

http://brainerddispatch.com/news/2012-05-09/pilot-project-begins-hope-changing-l
News

...foundation money. Similar to drug courts and DWI courts created in the 1990s to address recurring problems in the criminal justice system, Co-Parent Court is the county's first problem-solving court in the family court arena, Minnesota Public...

http://brainerddispatch.com/2012-05-13-2
Mothers hope appeal will help others

...enforcement system, which she said already is 20 years behind in technology. ''The best way to describe our criminal justice system in Minnesota currently is that it is not a system. There is no system,'' she said. House Crime Prevention...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/122299/new_1222990002.shtml
News
Hurricane Carter still fighting -- in film, books, life

...prison. Drawing on a burning intensity fueled by anger, he overcame personal demons and a corrupt and racist criminal justice system to clear his name and regain his freedom in 1985. Bob Dylan wrote a ballad about ''The Hurricane,'' and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/010600/tem_0106000011.shtml
Entertainment

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