When and why state attorneys general assume control of criminal cases, especially those arising from allegations of police misconduct, has starkly arisen in Minnesota where Professor Jim Tierney (Former Attorney General of Maine and Lecturer in Law & Director of the Attorney General Clinic at Harvard Law School), has been advising Minnesota AG Keith Ellison regarding the recent homicide of George Floyd. Learn more about what goes into the AG decision making process, particularly as it relates to criminal cases.
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