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Foreword, Helen Meyer
Foreword, Helen Meyer
William Mitchell Law Review
The William Mitchell Law Review has decided once again to dedicate one issue of this annual volume to Recent Decisions of the Minnesota Supreme Court. This issue reviews some of the court’s more important decisions from the 2003-04 term. If tradition is honored, the articles and notes you find in these pages will be thorough, well-written, and thoughtful in their analysis of each decision. This annual review is a tradition that gives our legal community a wonderful opportunity to publicly comment on the work of the court. This public testing of the court’s work is a healthy part of the …
Windfall Justice: Sentences At The Mercy Of Hypertechnicality, Jack Nordby
Windfall Justice: Sentences At The Mercy Of Hypertechnicality, Jack Nordby
William Mitchell Law Review
Once upon a time (a time not so remote as to be beyond the memories of many of us who still toil in the vineyards of justice), the severity of a criminal sentence was determined largely at the whim of the trial judge, who was guided only by vague considerations of suitability. Non-premeditated murder, for example, might be punished by anything from probation to forty years in prison. A parole board exercised a similarly subjective power to temper the term with early release. Then, about a quarter century ago, the legislature created a commission to establish sentencing “guidelines,” said to …
Unsung Hero: The Life Of A Foot Soldier For Justice, Valerie M. Jensen
Unsung Hero: The Life Of A Foot Soldier For Justice, Valerie M. Jensen
William Mitchell Law Review
Review of Frederick L. McGhee: A Life on the Color Line, 1861-1912. By Paul D. Nelson. Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2002. 234 pages. $29.95
Brown’S Legacy: Looking Back, Moving Forward, Wilhelmina M. Wright
Brown’S Legacy: Looking Back, Moving Forward, Wilhelmina M. Wright
William Mitchell Law Review
This keynote speech was delivered at the Lena O. Smith Luncheon on May 7, 2004. Lena O. Smith was the first African-American woman to practice law in Minnesota. In 1921, she graduated from Northwestern College of Law, a predecessor of William Mitchell College of Law. See generally Ann Juergens, Lena Olive Smith: A Minnesota Civil Rights Pioneer, 28 Wm. Mitchell L. Rev. 397 (2001).