Faculty in the News

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Professor Perry Moriearty was quoted in Yahoo News and Star Tribune after her client, Brian Flowers, is resentenced in a 2008 murder…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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 was sentenced to…

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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…

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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…

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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 statewide…

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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…

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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 office.…

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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 effect harsh…

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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…