Senator Erin Murphy Bill to Expand Resources to Prosecute Violent Crime Across Minnesota Clears Key Senate Committee
Senator Says Funds Necessary to Keep Communities Safe Across the State
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Senator Erin Murphy (DFL-St. Paul) said her bill to significantly expand resources to prosecute violent criminals in communities across Minnesota passed the Senate Judiciary Committee today. Sen. Murphy said the measure would provide the state Attorney General’s office (AGO) with funding to more than triple the number of prosecutors who can be deployed in counties across the state to go after violent offenders.