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TTA in Minnesota

See what Sixth Amendment work is happening in Minnesota.

We worked with criminal legal system stakeholders in Duluth, MN to:

  • Host two webinars, one for all legal system actors on the legal, constitutional, and procedural components of court challenges to jury representativeness; and one for defenders focusing on discovery and litigating fair cross section challenges.
    • The recordings of the attorney program are available on the our LMS. 

We worked with criminal legal system stakeholders in St Louis County, MN to:

  • Analyze perspectives related to representative juries, with the input of area and national subject matter experts. A report on our findings is forthcoming.

We are working with the Victim-Witness Outreach Office of the County Attorney’s Office in Carver County, MN to:

  • Identify barriers for low-income victims and witnesses, especially those in more rural parts of the county to participate in the court system
  • Examine gaps in resources and language related barriers for the region’s refugee population and helping to develop tools and resources to improve access

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Strengthening the Sixth

The Center for Justice Innovation is a training and technical assistance provider to the Bureau of Justice Assistance through the Justice for All program. The Center for Justice Innovation (the Center) and its partner are managing, enhancing, and expanding the Strengthening the Sixth website. For more information about the Center, visit www.innovatingjustice.org. The Strengthening the Sixth Website is supported by Grant No. 15PBJA-22-GK-01567-JAGJ awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office of Victims of Crimes, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions on this website do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice. Neither the U.S. Department of Justice nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website, including, without limitations, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided.