GOP leaders sent a request to Gov. Dayton Friday asking for more information on the recent paroles of two convicted murderers. Republican House Speaker Kurt Zellers wants a legislative hearing to review the two paroles of Timothy Eling -convicted of a 1982 cop killing- and John Scruggs- believed to have ordered the execution of a teenage girl.

A man who murdered an Oakdale police officer in 1982 is now on parole.The Star Tribune reports the decision by the Department of Corrections may be unprecedented. 63-year old Timothy Eling served 29 years for killing Richard Walton, who was moonlighting as a security guard at hospital when he was shot.

On Oct. 16, 1989, David Brom is sentenced for murdering his Olmsted County family with an axe. When is he eligible for parole? For the answer, click on the headline above...

State Corrections Commissioner Tom Roy says his decision to parole a cop killer is consistent with state law and common practice. Roy defended his decision to a legislative committee saying denying parole to the man convicted 29 years ago would violate state law and his own ethics.

A Minneapolis federal judge reinstated charges against a woman who refused to stand in court because of her religious beliefs. Amina Farah Ali was cited for contempt 20 times while she stood trial last year. Ali and Hawo Mohamed Hassan were convicted for providing financial support to the terrorist group Al-Shabab. Tuesday's ruling affects 19 of those charges but the judge dropped the previously imposed jail time. The two have not been sentenced.

An 18-year-old could face life in prison after being convicted of murder in a triple slaying at a Minneapolis market last year. The jury deliberated just one day before convicting Mahdi Ali of killing three men in an attempted robbery at the Seward Market and Halal Meat.

The case involved nine of the 30 defendants accused of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of juveniles in Minnesota, Ohio and Tennessee. After five days of deliberations in Nashville, jurors found three men from the Twin Cities guilty and they could be sentenced to life.