Breaking It Down – One CJI Session at a Time

Today and tomorrow, the crandegrave;me de la crandegrave;me of the Minnesota criminal justice world converges on St. Paul RiverCentre for the annual Criminal Justice Institute.

Presenters include:

Chief Justice Lorie Gildea

(electronic filing, courthouse security, and courtroom cameras)

Chief Judge Peter Cahill

(court rules and technology update)

Attorney Ryan Pacyga

(the entrapment defense)

Hennepin County Sheriff Richard Stanek

(citizen participation and oversight to improve police-community relations andacirc;?? panel discussion)

Senator Julianne Ortman

(reforming Minnesota’s probation system)

Colorado Sheriff Bill Masters

(legalization of marijuana)

Attorney Chuck Ramsay

(uncertainty of measurement andacirc;?? the soft science of Minnesota’s DWI test reporting process)

Attorney Dan Koewler

(custodial searches and the nature of “consent|)

The annual CJI conference is a hotbed of legal networking, strategy sharing, note comparing, and collaborative preparation for the future of criminal justice in Minnesota. Be there, or be square.

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