The ACLU-MN won a federal appeal for Myriam, a young woman who was unlawfully detained in Anoka County and forced to wait while the jail contacted ICE. Jails who unlawfully hold people for ICE are committing false imprisonment.
Caps the maximum probation sentence at five years, except for murder and certain criminal sexual conduct convictions. This bill also allows the court to release a defendant early, before the maximum term would end.
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Long ; Zerwas ; Xiong, J. ; Lee ; Becker-Finn ; Hassan ; Moran ; Edelson ; Richardson ; Hamilton ; West ; Garofalo