On January, 12, 2024, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison '90 appointed Prof. Perry Moriearty, former Minnesota Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington, and Duluth Human Rights Officer Carl…
Professor Perry Moriearty authored an Op-Ed piece in the Star Tribune about Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty’s approach to juvenile justice and the criticism she’s received,…
Professors Perry Moriearty and JaneAnne Murray were quoted in the Minnesota Reformer about a new Minnesota Law that says people no longer can be charged with murder unless they intended to cause a…
Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted in the New York Times about her client, Maureen Onyelobi, who applied for a pardon this summer from the Minnesota Board of Pardons. Ms. Onyelobi…
Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted in both national and local publications about recent amendments to Minnesota's juvenile sentencing laws. Under the new laws, which Professor Moriearty helped write, anyone…
On June 29, 2023, the Minnesota Board of Pardons voted unanimously to commute the prison sentence of Maureen Onyelobi, a client of the Child Advocacy and Juvenile Justice Clinic. Previously sentenced to life in…
Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted in the Star Tribune in an article discussing a massive change in Minnesota's juvenile justice system. A newly passed public safety bill aims to create a new…
Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted by the Star Tribune in an article discussing potential shift in the juvenile justice landscape in Minnesota. Upcoming legislation could reduce the severity of…
Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted by Cherokee Tribune & Ledger-News on the transfer of a case from Hennepin County to Ramsey County due to a conflict of interest in the prosecutor's…
Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted by the Minnesota Reformer on the recent push from Democratic lawmakers to make the criminal justice system less punitive. Discussing the disproportionate…
Maureen Onyelobi, a client of the Child Advocacy & Juvenile Justice Clinic (CAC), will be the first incarcerated person in the country to attend law school when she begins her first year at Mitchell Hamline…
