We Don't Have to Choose Ep.19

We Don't Have to Choose Ep.19

This episode of We Don't Have to Choose explores the Hennepin County Attorney's Office's approach to Youth Diversion. Experts weigh in with both data and scientific reasoning for this approach and one of our Youth Diversion practitioners joins us to illustrate the impact of these programs on young people, their families, and the community at-large.

We Don't Have to Choose Ep.18

This episode of We Don't Have to Choose takes a look at the Hennepin County Attorney's Office's "Emerging Adults" division. County Attorney Mary Moriarty and guests Morgan Kunz and Chris Freeman outline the idea behind creating an "Emerging Adults" division and its effectiveness in creating better public safety outcomes.

We Don't Have to Choose Ep.17

This episode of We Don't Have to Choose takes a look at Minnesota's "Raise the Age" law. Former Minnesota State Representative Sandra Feist and Deputy Hennepin County Attorney Sarah Davis join Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty to discuss what this law means and how it will be implemented.

We Don't Have to Choose Ep.16

In this episode of We Don’t Have to Choose, Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and guests Rana Alexander and Bridget Liverca take an in-depth look at how our office is spreading the word about what Extreme Risk Protection Orders can do to help make our communities safer, and how the public and law enforcement can use these “red flag laws” to save lives.

We Don't Have to Choose Ep.15

This episode of We Don’t Have to Choose features in-depth conversations around the limitations of eyewitness identification in legal proceedings along with reflections on the case of Marvin Haynes. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty and guests Andrew Markquart and Clare Diegel discuss what our office has learned from that case and the steps we’ve taken to prevent cases like Marvin’s from happening again.