MINNEAPOLIS — A young woman stood in front of Judge Kerry Meyer in a Hennepin County courtroom and admitted to stealing vitamins from a store.
The woman expressed regret for her crime and said she had driven several hours from college to make the court appearance and lodge a guilty plea.
Then it was Meyer’s turn to let her know her fate.
“I’m not accepting your guilty plea today,” Meyer said, “and it is your goal that I never do.”
Meyer is the leader of the Hennepin County Criminal Mental Health Court, ...