Minnesota Ends Conviction Review Unit With 160 Cases Still Under Investigation

Minnesota Ends Conviction Review Unit With 160 Cases Still Under Investigation

Minnesota's Attorney General Keith Ellison has decided to "eliminate" the state's Conviction Review Unit (CRU) less than six years after he created it. The closure is a devastating blow to around 160 CRU applicants in Minnesota prisons whose cases were pending final investigation into their claims of wrongful conviction.