US EditionJustice Department plans to investigate prosecutor’s office in Minnesota’s most populous county
- Hennepin County prosecutors began requiring consideration of race in plea deal negotiations starting Monday, as outlined in a memo from County Attorney Mary Moriarty's office.
- The policy aims to address longstanding racial disparities in the justice system, though some experts raise constitutional concerns and highlight ambiguity in the directive.
- The memo instructs prosecutors to see defendants as whole persons, factoring in racial identity and age, without offering better or worse deals solely based on race.
- University of St. Thomas Professor Rachel Moran called the policy constitutionally sound, while others like Jill Hasday described it as unconstitutional and noted Supreme Court hostility to race-based government policies.
- The policy has sparked debate and prompted scrutiny of Moriarty's ability to publicly justify the approach amid questions over fair and just outcomes in prosecutorial discretion.
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DOJ investigating Minnesota prosecutor over race policy
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Monday it was investigating a prosecutor in Minnesota over “race-based prosecutorial decision making.” The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division said it was investigating Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, a Democrat, after she recently adopted a policy that required prosecutors to consider “racial identity” during their prosecutorial decision making. “The investigation…
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My Mother LodeJustice Department plans to investigate prosecutor’s office in Minnesota’s most populous county
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation of the prosecutor’s office in Minnesota’s most populous county after its leader directed her staff to consider racial disparities as one factor when negotiating plea deals.
Justice Department plans to investigate prosecutor's office in Minnesota's most populous county
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation of the prosecutor’s office in Minnesota’s most populous county after its leader directed her staff to consider racial disparities as one factor when negotiating plea deals. Harmeet Dhillon, a Republican lawyer who’s the new director of the agency’s Civil Rights Division, announced the investigation in a social media post Saturday night. Dhillon posted a letter from Att…
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