Hennepin County

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty unveiled a new "conviction integrity unit" on Monday that will work to review past convictions by the office.

Marisa Simonetti will not have the endorsement of the 3rd Congressional District Republican Party, whose chair says the candidate for Hennepin County Commissioner "has only served to embarrass the Republican Party.”

A candidate for Hennepin County Commissioner is facing a misdemeanor assault charge after an alleged argument with her housemate that turned bizarre.

Simonetti’s campaign page states, "as the only conservative candidate" in the race, she hoped to "rebuild safety through family values."

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty hosted her office’s second expungement clinic on Saturday.

One of the people shot during the Minneapolis mass shooting in the Whittier neighborhood on May 30 has died from his injuries, according to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office. 

The last two people convicted for their roles in the shooting death of Zaria McKeever were sentenced in Hennepin County Court on Wednesday. 

The family of a Black man killed by Minnesota State Troopers during a traffic stop in 2023 say they feel betrayed by the Hennepin County prosecutor’s office after criminal charges were dropped in the case.

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz told FOX 9 he was going to take the case of Minnesota Trooper Ryan Londregan being charged with shooting Ricky Cobb II during a traffic stop out of the Hennepin County Attorney's hands “soon" based on evidence that he had seen.

Gov. Tim Walz said if Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty had not dismissed the case against Minnesota State Trooper Ryan Londregan, he would have eventually taken the case away from her.