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Emily Baxter
a brief look at criminal records
The Council on Crime and Justice
Funding provided by the Emma B. Howe Memorial Foundation of The Minneapolis Foundation
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How many people in Minnesota are in prison, jail, on probation or on parole?
A. 1 in 5B. 1 in 18C. 1 in 26D. 1 in 31
POP QUIZ!
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How many people were under correctional control in Minnesota in 1982?
A. 1 in 8B. 1 in 28C. 1 in 76D. 1 in 98
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CORRECTIONAL CONTROL IN THE STATES
listed as they appear, top to bottom: probation, jail, parole, prison
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Approximately how many Minnesotans come home from prison each year?
A. 3,000B. 7,000C. 12,000D. 13,000
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Minnesota has the _____ highest rate of people under correctional control in the nation
A. 2nd
B. 8th
C. 23rd
D. 48th
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MSGC REPORT ON FELONIES
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How many people in Minnesota have a criminal record?
A. 1 in 4B. 1 in 12C. 1 in 24D. 1 in 32
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In the mid-2000’s, African American males in Minnesota were arrested for drug-related offenses at a rate ______ times higher than White males
A. 1B. 10C. 100D. 1000
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In Minnesota, African American / Black individuals comprise 35.4% of the incarcerated population and 4.6% of the general population
American Indian individuals comprise 6.8% of the incarcerated population and 1.2% of the general population
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Juvenile records are private and are expunged once the youth turns 18.
True or False?
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Some juvenile records are destroyed once the youth reaches the age of 28
Some records are public
JUVENILE RECORDS DON’T DISAPPEAR
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In 2009, how many children in Minnesota between the ages of 10 and 17 were arrested for serious offenses?
A. 110B. 1,100C. 11,000D. 110,000
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30.2 percent were arrested for an offense other than a minor traffic violation
Increase in arrests for drug-related offenses, zero-tolerance policies in school, and a more aggressive and punitive justice system
Study published in 2011 Pediatrics journal
ONE THIRD OF US YOUNG ADULTS ARRESTED BY AGE 23
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Only convictions appear on a criminal background report.
True or False?
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Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) Minnesota Court Information System (MNCIS)Police DepartmentCity AttorneySheriff’s DepartmentCounty AttorneyState Attorney General Department of CorrectionsDepartment of Human Services
Private data-minersPrivate theft databases
WHERE RECORDS ARE KEPT
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BCAMNCISFBI
Private data miners
*Incomplete and inaccurate
WHERE RECORDS ARE KEPT
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Levels: Felony Gross Misdemeanor Misdemeanor Petty Misdemeanor
Dispositions Arrest Dismissal Stay of Adjudication Stay of Imposition Stay of Execution Executed Sentence Acquittal
WHAT RECORDS SAY
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DISPOSITION
ArrestDismissal = no probable causeCFD = no plea, no convictionSOA = no convictionSOI = misdemeanorSOE = no prisonExecuted sentence = sit time
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Minnesota Statute 245C.15direct care to vulnerable people
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
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Misdemeanor:
Wrongfully obtaining assistanceFood stamp fraudIssuance of dishonored checksCriminal vehicular homicideFirst through fifth degree assaultsViolation of an Order for ProtectionTheft
SEVEN
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Gross misdemeanor:
Same as above, plus:Disorderly houseBurglaryPossession of burglary tools
TEN
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Felony:
Same as above, plus:RobberyTerroristic threatsChapter 152Any felony involving drugs or booze
FIFTEEN
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Any level: Agg. robbery, Crim sex, First degree arson
Felony level:First or second degree assault, Malicious punishment, Neglect
PERMANENT
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Preponderance of the evidenceFifteen to thirty days to respond
Few conclusive findings; no traveling set asides
BURDEN
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DHS disqualification process separate from court process for expungement
If a client gets a DHS disqualification letter, encourage the client to respond immediately and request a set-aside
If a client fails to respond to a DHS disqualification letter within the time permitted, the client forfeits his or her right to a hearing about the facts underlying the disqualification
A DHS set-aside request can proceed at the same time as a petition for expungement. The client must keep in mind that they are completely separate proceedings
DHS DISQUALIFICATIONS
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According to a SHRM study conducted last year, approximately what percentage of employers are conducting criminal history reports on job applicants?
A. 32%B. 54%C. 78%D. 92%
BEYOND SANCTIONS
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DO YOU CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR ANY JOB
CANDIDATES?
73%
19%
7%
All job candidates
Selected job candidates
No, my organization does not conduct this type of background check for any of its job candidates
28
Note: n = 347. Not sure” responses were excluded from this analysis. Slide adapted from January 22, 2010 SHRM presentation titled: Background Checking: Conducting Criminal Background Checks
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HOW INFLUENTIAL IS/WOULD BE THE DISCOVERY OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING IN
YOUR DECISION TO NOT EXTEND A JOB OFFER?
29Note: n=312.
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Arrest Date: 2004/10/01Historical Local ID#:Controlling Agency: MN0271110 MINEAPOLIS PDSTATE ID NUMBER: MN0000000 FBI NUMBER: 00000000 Count: 1 Offense Date: Case Number:Type: MINNESOTA STATUTEStatute: 609.595S3Charge: Criminal Damage to PropertyOther Statute: MN0000000 MOC/UOC:Disposition: HELD Court File:
COMMENT: CONTRLD-SUB-STREET COURT DATE: 2005/01/16 MN00000000 HENNEPIN CO DISTRICT COURTCONFINEMENT AGENCY: PROBATION AGENCY: MN0000000 HENNEPIN CO PROBATION OFF COURT COUNT: 1 CASE NUMBER: 00000000 SENTENCED: 2005/01/16STATUTE: 609.52S2 MOC/UOC:CHARGE: Criminal Damage to Property DISPOSITION: CONVICTED PLEA: Guilty SJIS NUM:COURT FILE NUMBER: 00000000 CONVICTION LEVEL: Misdemeanor SENTENCE---------------PRONOUNCED SENTENCE : 60D NO SAME/SIMILARPROBATION : 1Y IMPOS SENT STYDCONDITIONAL CONFINEMENT : RANDOM TESTINGFINED : $128
COMMENT: CUSTODY SUPERVISION-------------------DATE: 2006/01/21 AGENCY: MN0000000 HENNEPIN CO DISTRICT COURTCASE NUMBER: 00000000 CUSTODY ID NUMBER: 000000CUSTODY ACTION: DISCHARGEDCUSTODY START DATE: CUSTODY EXPIRATION DATE: OTHER: THIS OFFENSE IS DEEMED TO BE A MISDEMEANOR UNDER PROVISIONS OF M.S.A. 609.13. OTHER: ALL CIVIL RIGHTS ARE RESTORED AND FULL CITIZENSHIP WITH FULL RIGHT TO VOTE AND HOLD OFFICE THE SAME AS IF SAID CONVICTION HAD NOT TAKEN PLACE. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO ANY OTHER CHARGES OF CONVICTIONS FOR WHICH SUBJECT MAY BE INCARCERATED, ON PROBATION, PAROLE OR SUPERVISED RELEASE. Note that Stays of Imposition are included in the BCA report
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Arrest Date: 2006/04/29Historical Local ID#:Controlling Agency: MN0271110 MINEAPOLIS PDSTATE ID NUMBER: 00000000 FBI NUMBER: 000000Count: 1 Offense Date: Case Number:Type: MINNESOTA STATUTEStatute: 609.52Charge: TheftOther Statute: MOC/UOC:Disposition: HELD Court File:
COMMENT:COURT DATE: 2006/05/17CONFINEMENT AGENCY: PROBATION AGENCY:COURT COUNT: 1 CASE NUMBER: SENTENCED:STATUTE: 609.52MOC/UOC:CHARGE: Theft DISPOSITION: DISMISSED PLEA: SJIS NUM:COURT FILE NUMBER: 00000000 CONVICTION LEVEL
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Have you ever been convicted of an offense?
Have you ever been convicted of a felony?Have you ever been arrested?
Are these questions generating useful answers?
WHAT ARE EMPLOYERS ASKING?
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REGISTER OF ACTIONS Case No. 31-CR-04-151
State of Minnesota vs WYATT MATTERS § Case Type:
Crim/Traf Non-Man § Date Filed: 03/28/2004 § Itasca § Location: Criminal/Traffic/Petty §
PARTY INFORMATION
Lead Attorneys Defendant MATTERS, WYATT Male 123 Smith Ave 03/15/1965 MPLS, MN 55415 Jurisdiction State of Minnesota NONE
CHARGE INFORMATION
Charges: MATTERS, WYATT Statute Level Date
1. Drugs - 5th Degree - Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small Amount Marijuana 152.025.2(1) Felony 3/28/2004
EVENTS & ORDERS OF THE COURT
Events & Orders of the Court DISPOSITIONS 04/28/2004
Plea (Judicial Officer: Hawkinson, John) 1. Drugs - 5th Degree - Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small Amount Marijuana Guilty
06/09/2004
Disposition (Judicial Officer: Hawkinson, John) 1. Drugs - 5th Degree - Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small Amount Marijuana Stay of adjudication
06/09/2004
Continued (Judicial Officer: Hawkinson, John) 1. Drugs - 5th Degree - Possess Schedule 1,2,3,4 - Not Small Amount Marijuana 03/25/2008 (FEL) 152.025.2(1) (15202521)
Local Confinement:
Agency: Itasca County Jail Term: 30 Days Time To Serve: 30 Days Credit For Time Served: 30 Days Comment: actual credit is 94 days Status: Active 06/09/2004
Probation - Adult:
Type: Supervised probation Agency: MN Department of Corrections.- Field Services
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OBTAINING RECORDS
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choose “All MNCIS Sites – Case Search”
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Select search by defendant
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Make sure to print out this first pageAnd click and print each of the cases
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Print out each of these pages
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HOW TO GET BCA RECORDS
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA):Send a written request Enclose a check or money order for $8.00 made payable to the BCA, and a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Response time is approximately two weeks.
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REMEDIES + RESPONSES
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DHS Appeal
Correction of Records
Return of Arrest Records
Pardon Extraordinary
Statutory Expungement
Inherent Authority Expungement
Juvenile Record Expungement
Remedies/Responses
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Arrest but no charge
or
Charge but dismissal prior to a formal finding of probable cause
and
No felony or gross misdemeanor conviction within the ten years prior to the arrest at issue.
Minn. Stat. § 299C.11:Return of Records
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Available for convictions onlyNo Juvenile Adjudications, Stays of Adjudication, or Petty Misdemeanors
Mandatory waiting periodCrime of Violence: 10 year conviction-free period
All other crimes: 5 year conviction-free periodWaiting period can be waived by Board of Pardons
Pardon Extraordinary Minn. Stat. §638.02
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Court-ordered sealing of government-held records
Not destruction of a record
Sealed records may be opened for future investigation and prosecution, and for background checks for law enforcement positions.
Expungement in Minnesota
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Juvenile and adult expungements
Two main types of adult expungements: Statutory and Inherent Authority
Two types of juvenile expungements: adjudications of delinquency and petty misdemeanors
Expungements
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1. Certain controlled substance offenses.
2. Juveniles prosecuted as adults.
3. Certain criminal proceedings not resulting in conviction. All charges in the case resolved entirely in the petitioner’s favor
Statutory (Minn. Stat. §609A)
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Expungement prohibited. Where predatory offense registration is
required: Murder, kidnapping, crim sex, etc.
It is unlikely that many traffic, family matters, and open files will be expunged. (Motion to seal records)
Statutory – Minn. Stat. §609A
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Dismissals and acquittalsDismissal of grand jury indictment. State v. K.M.M., 721 N.W.2d
330 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006).Dismissed, separate incidents or charges where petitioner
plead guilty to other separate incidents or charges. State v. JRA, 714 N.W.2d 722 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006).
Continuances for dismissal. State v. C.P.H. , 707 N.W.2d 699 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006) where no guilty plea was entered.
Arrests without charges, where not otherwise eligible for 299C.11.
Never pleading guilty, admitting guilt, or being found guilty.
Statutory - Resolved In Favor
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Being found guilty or pleading guilty, even if not accepted by the court. §609A.02, Subd. 3; State v. A.C.H., 710 N.W.2d 587 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006).
Admissions of guilt as a pre-requisite to diversionary programs & deferred guilty pleas. State v. J.Y.M., 711 N.W.2d 139 (Minn. Ct. App. 2006).
Being found not guilty by reason of insanity. 609A.02, Subd. 3 Stay of adjudication. State v. Davisson, 624 N.W.2d 292 (Minn. Ct.
App. 2001). Alford plea, where the defendant admitted there was sufficient
evidence to convict, but maintained innocence. State v. Henkensiefken, 2005 WL 1431913 (Minn. Ct. App. 2005).
Not Resolved In Favor
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Separation of Powers
The statute allows the judge to order ALL government records
In many cases, inherent authority seals only court records
RIF vs. non-RIF:Why is this distinction important?
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Presumptively granted unless the agency or jurisdiction whose records would be affected establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the interests of the public and public safety outweigh the disadvantages to the petitioner of not sealing the record.
Statutory - Resolved in Favor
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Extraordinary remedy to be granted only upon clear and convincing evidence that it would yield a benefit to petitioner commensurate with the disadvantage to the public and public safety of sealing the record and burdening the court and public authorities on issuing, enforcing, and monitoring an expungement order.
Minn. Stat. 609A.03, subd. 5
Statutory - Certain Drugs and JCA
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Where constitutional rights have been seriously infringed, or
When expungement will yield a benefit to petitioner commensurate with the disadvantage to the public from the elimination of the record and the burden on the court on issuing, enforcing, and monitoring an expungement order.
Inherent Authority Expungement
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Indicia used in Inherent Authority balancing test:1. difficulties in securing employment or
housing as a result of the records sought to be expunged;
2. the seriousness and nature of the offense; 3. the potential risk to the public’s right to access
the records; 4. any additional offenses or rehabilitative
efforts since the offense; and 5. other objective evidence of hardship under the
circumstances.
Inherent Authority Expungement
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Current case law is in flux.
Prior to MDT, most cases limited a judge’s ability to order records sealed at the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and other executive branch agencies in most cases
In view of the separation of powers, courts proceed cautiously in ordering expungement of records held by the executive branch.
Relief is appropriate when essential to the existence, dignity, and function of a court.
These essential functions include the ability to vindicate a petitioner’s legal rights and to protect the judiciary’s strength and independence.
Inherent Authority Expungement
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April 9, 2012: The COA found that a district court did not abuse its discretion by ordering the expungement of criminal records that are generated by the judicial branch and maintained by the executive branch.
Here, petitioner sought to expunge the record of an aggravated forgery conviction (Stay of Imposition, successfully completed in 2008).
Denied in 2008; granted in 2011.
Court did not seal “non-public” BCA records or DHS records
Recent Appellate Decision - MDT
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Minn. Stat. § 260B.198 subd. 6 states that the court “may expunge an adjudication of delinquency at any time that it deems advisable.”
Procedures for juvenile expungement are not defined in the statutes.
Juvenile Expungements
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Minnesota Statute 260B.198 allows the court the authority to seal executive branch records
No separation of powers conflict.
Look to Minn. R. Juv. Delinq. 15.05Public safety and best interests of child; allow for personal and social growth
New Court of Appeals Case - JJP
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Court recordsBureau of Criminal ApprehensionCounty AttorneyPoliceDepartment of CorrectionsDepartment of Human Services
Private Data Miners
Sample of Databases
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Court recordsBureau of Criminal ApprehensionCounty AttorneyPoliceDepartment of CorrectionsDepartment of Human Services
Private Data Miners
Statutory - Resolved in Favor
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Court recordsBureau of Criminal ApprehensionCounty AttorneyPoliceDepartment of CorrectionsDepartment of Human Services
Private Data Miners
Inherent Authority
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Court recordsBureau of Criminal ApprehensionCounty AttorneyPoliceDepartment of CorrectionsDepartment of Human Services
Private Data Miners
Inherent Authority - MDT
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Court recordsBureau of Criminal ApprehensionCounty AttorneyPoliceDepartment of CorrectionsDepartment of Human Services
Private Data Miners
Juvenile expungement - JJP
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Court recordsBureau of Criminal ApprehensionCounty AttorneyPoliceDepartment of CorrectionsDepartment of Human Services
Private Data Miners
Pardon
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Even where the order is limited:
Seals some recordsOrder can act as a certificate of rehabilitationSafe Hiring – limits employer’s liabilitySome misdemeanors and petty misdemeanors are not reported to the BCA
Can ask BCA to include note in record that court records were expunged
Still good reasons to seek expungement
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RELEVANT LAWS
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Fair Credit Reporting Act
Civil Rights Act
TITLE VII AND FCRA
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Must obtain permissionMust provide pre-adverse action notice –
with a copy of the report!Must provide consumer reporting agency’s
contact information
FCRA – THE PROCESS
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Cannot use arrest records alone
Cannot use blanket bans
Must engage the record Includes consideration of nature and severity, time since offense, relationship to job, and rehabilitation
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT – THE SUBSTANCE
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SPEAKING TO EMPLOYERS
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Advocate for your particular clientUnderstand the offense and be able to
address concerns.Focus on rehabilitation
INDIVIDUALIZED ASSESSMENT
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Skills and Qualifications Position-specific readiness
Loyalty Johns Hopkins Study
Work Ethic Diversity Work Opportunity Tax Credit & Bonding Community Need
BENEFITS
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Increase your business income
Save on costs of recruiting, hiring, and training
SAVE MONEY / SAVE TIME
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LawHelpMN.org
Volunteer Lawyers Network: (612) 752-6677 (client intake line)
Legal Aid Services – available throughout Minnesota: lawhelpmn.org & mnlegalservices.org
Council on Crime and Justice: (612) 353-3024; crimeandjustice.org
RESOURCES
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Emily BaxterCouncil on Crime and Justice
QUESTIONS?
NOTE: The content of this document is intended for general educational purposes only, and is not legal advice. It is not exhaustive or specific. Those seeking legal advice should contact an attorney.