US Attorney in Minnesota opening more Indian Country crime cases

Monday, February 7, 2011  

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota is opening more Indian Country crime cases.

U.S. Attorney B. Todd Jones, who took office in September 2009, opened 35 cases in 2010. That's a big jump from the Bush era, when only eight cases were opened in 2006, down from 17 in 2003.

"It's tough, tough work," Jones told The Minneapolis Star Tribune. "The key to having this effort make a real difference five, 10 years from now is our ability to sustain it. I hope we can sustain it, because this community has had so many promises broken in the past."

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In Indian country, higher crime rates but low prosecution (The Minneapolis Star Tribune 2/7)