June 12, 1981 - MPR reporter Marilyn Heibeler interviews Ann Jones, author of new book "Women Who Kill.”. Topics of program include the criminal justice system, our definitions of murder, women murderers, the white male bias of the legal system, the feminist view of women's right to self-defense, and whether or not there is a rise in crime among women. Heibler also answers listener questions.
June 18, 1981 - MPR’s Tom Meersman reports on lawsuits before the District Court of Appeals. The State of Minnesota case argues that the 1978 BWCA Wilderness Act gives the federal government too much power over waterways. Numerous landowner cases argue various property and land rights issues.
June 19, 1981 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten and MPR reporter Dick Daly discuss the impact of letter written by St. Cloud student Donna Gallus to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart. The letter asked why Justice Stewart was still on the court after so many years. Connected or not, Justice Stewart retired shortly after.
August 22, 1981 - Maggie Arzdorf-Schubbe, director of the Minnesota Battered Women Program, and Catherine Settanni, a member of Women Against Women Against Women, discuss Women Against Violence Against Women and the annual "Take Back the Night" march in Minneapolis.
February 24, 1982 - Ira Schwartz, research fellow at the Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs, speaking to the Citizens League about the institutionalization of juvenile offenders in Minnesota. For the past 15 years, the prevailing thought within juvenile justice circles has been away from youth confinement. Yet a new study being completed at the Humphrey Institute for Public Affairs shows that incarceration of juvenile offenders is on the upswing across the country. The study, under the direction of Schwartz, uses Minnesota as a test location.
April 3, 1982 - On this Weekend program, Jack Young, Minnesota Commissioner of Corrections, discusses prisons and the corrections system in Minnesota. Topics include new Oak Park Heights maximum security prison, funding, sentencing guidelines, and views on rehabilitation. Young also answers listener questions.
April 9, 1982 - Barbara Beerhalter, of the Department of Economic Security, comments on Minnesota Supreme Court ruling on permit benefits.
July 29, 1982 - Ira Schwartz, research fellow at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota, discusses juvenile crime. Schwartz has authored a study that shows serious juvenile crime is not rising at a high rate. He shares that these findings conflict with the popular perception, and how that perception may lead to bad policy decisions in the area of crime by youths. Schwartz also answers listener questions.
August 17, 1982 - All Things Considered’s Gary Eichten interviews Jeanne Coyne, an attorney from Edina, who has been named to the Minnesota Supreme Court by Governor Al Quie.
September 2, 1982 - Warren Spannaus, Minnesota attorney general and DFL Gubernatorial candidate, discusses his candidacy, upcoming primary, tax campaign controversy, women’s rights, and gun control, among other political issues. Spannaus also answers listener questions.