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Minnesota’s Five Degrees of Criminal Sexual Conduct

In Minnesota, there are several crimes that fall into the category of sex crimes, and state law allows for very harsh penalties for criminal sexual conduct.

It is important to understand the varying degrees of criminal sexual conduct under Minnesota law so you do not inadvertently break the law and get punished for it.

Here are Minnesota’s five degrees of criminal sexual conduct, the punishments associated with them, and some frequently asked questions about them.

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MN Sex Offender Attempts Name Change in Protest

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Offender Registry

A person’s name is an important part of who they are. Name changes to happen for a lot of reasons – marriages, adoptions, and.. Protests? Well, in the case of one Minnesota man, a protest is exactly what he hoped his name change to be.

What’s In a (Sex Offender’s) Name?

The Minnesota man who attempted to change his name to “Better Off Dead” is a convicted sex offender. He was convicted for several sex

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Child Pornography Charges in MN: What If You Didn’t Know You Had It?

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Child Porn | Sex Crimes

Sex crimes involving children are some of the most particularly grievous and thus carry some of the most severe criminal consequences. They also often permanently damage an offender’s reputation.

What you may not know is that not all sex crimes committed against children involve actual sex acts — or any contact with a child at all.

In Minnesota and nationwide, it is a crime to possess sexually explicit images or videos of a child. So with the

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Sex Crimes in Minnesota – The Most Frequently Asked Questions

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Offender Registry

Because sex crimes are highly stigmatized, most people are afraid to ask any questions at all, leaving the subject shrouded in mystery to some degree. There are also many myths and common misunderstandings about Minnesota sex crime laws.

Today, we’re addressing some of the most frequently asked questions regarding this category of offense in our state.

How Does Minnesota Define Rape and Sexual Assault Crimes?

In Minnesota, rape and sexual assault are referred to as “

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Minnesota’s Sex Trafficking Problem and Charges: What You Should Know

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Trafficking

The words “sex trafficking” conjure up images of professional criminal enterprises run by organized crime, gangsters and other hardened criminals. However, this isn’t always the case.

In fact, many seemingly ordinary people are charged with sex trafficking. For example, a St. Cloud couple was recently charged with sex trafficking and promotion of prostitution.

The couple ran a massage parlor, which was reported to the Central Minnesota Human Trafficking Task Force for suspected sex trafficking. Detectives found the

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Minnesota’s Human Trafficking Problem and What’s Being Done

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Trafficking

Human trafficking is the second-largest (and fastest growing) criminal industry in the world. Often referred to as modern-day-slavery, human trafficking involves the sale of adults and children for commercial sexual servitude or forced labor.

It is a threat to public safety, public health, and human rights, and occurs around the world, including in communities throughout Minnesota. In fact, Minnesota is the third biggest state for human trafficking in the nation.

In order to address this urgent problem, Minnesota

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Could Minnesotans Soon Face “Long Distance Sexual Assault” Charges?

Published By: Chris Keyser

Category: Sex Crimes | Sexual Assault

Advancements in technology have created a lot of opportunities to connect ourselves with everyday objects. We can locate our phone with our watch, start our cars from our living room, set off alarms from remote distances, activate sex toys through the walls…

Wait, what?

Don’t worry, you haven’t stumbled onto a website that you didn’t intend to visit. Recent advancements in technology have created new ways for people to use sex toys on others… without even being

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