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Judge Sarah West

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Dec 6, 2025
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How a judge in Minnosota or the the USA can tell the jury there wrong and the judge says he or she will do what he or she wants?

A judge can sometimes set aside or modify a jury’s verdict in the United States, but when and how depends on narrow legal tools and whether the case is civil or criminal; in civil trials judges may en...

Dec 2, 2025
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How common is it for judges in Minnesota to set aside jury verdicts and order new trials?

Judges in Minnesota can and do set aside jury guilty verdicts or order new trials under state rules (Minn. R. Crim. P. 26 and related procedures), but the media coverage shows such rulings are relativ...

Dec 5, 2025
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What were the key witness testimonies in the Minnesota Somali fraud trials?

Federal and state prosecutions tied to multiple Minnesota welfare- and COVID-era aid–fraud schemes have produced dozens of charges, at least 56 guilty pleas and several convictions; key trials relied ...