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A high-profile case prosecuted by Amy Klobuchar when she was a top Minnesota county attorney has come under fire — with questions arising over whether the teen her office put behind bars for life is actually guilty. Findings from an investigation conducted by the Associated Press challenge the 17-year-old case that the presidential hopeful has promoted to show her commitment to racial justice. Myon Burrell, who is black and was 16-years-old in 2002, was convicted for firing a stray shot that killed 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards, who is also black, as she was doing homework at her dining room table in...

Minneapolis has allowed itself to become a haven for gangsters BY SCOTT W. JOHNSON AND JOHN H. HINDERAKER Guest Columnists On Nov. 22, the same day that 11-year-old Tyesha Edwards was caught in the crossfire and killed by two or three of Minneapolis's shabbiest gangsters, the Minneapolis-based Star Tribune carried this breaking development: "Busy Minneapolis police hire a healer." Whether this person can undo the death of a child, and thus absolve the police of their duty to protect the citizens, is less than certain. The city's latest casualty was shot and killed by a stray bullet while she...

<p>They keep saying that Tyesha Edwards was killed by a stray bullet when everyone knows that in the heart of a city there's no such thing. Every bullet expelled from a gun has someone's name on it, and the reprehensible people who pull triggers are guilty of inflicting misery no matter whom it hits.</p>