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Al Quie: Preserving Fort Snelling and the stories that connect us

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By Al Quie
| Pioneer Press Verified
My earliest memories of Fort Snelling started out with me hearing stories of my grandfather who passed away in 1885 — almost 40 years before I was born in 1923. He fought in the Civil War, and my family told stories of him traveling from Dennison, Minn., where he lived, to come to Fort Snelling to join the Second Company of Minnesota Sharpshooters. That was where he entered the service. As a child, my parents would take us kids up to Fort Snelling occasionally to visit.
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We need to reform sentencing, yes, and then 'second prison'

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By Al Quie, Jesse Wiese
| The Minnesota Star Tribune Verified
Amid the polarized politics of an election year, an unlikely bipartisan consensus has emerged on the need for criminal justice reform. With the support of Democratic Minnesota Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken, Congress is looking to reduce the federal prison population through the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. Closer to home, the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines Commission has backed shorter sentences for lesser drug offenses. The conversation about corrections reform is overdue.
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