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Craig Stevenson is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Justice-Denied.org. He is President and CEO of Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. (STSI), which traces its roots to Craig’s Radio & TV, founded in 1979 and renamed STSI in 1989. He also founded and operated C&R Cable Company, Inc. from 1981 until its sale in 1989. Craig and his wife, Marie, have been marr...

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By Craig StevensonPublished July 27, 2026Updated August 23, 2026About 11 min read
The Oversight Files

Judicial Safety and Judicial Accountability Are Not Opposites

Justice-Denied condemns threats and violence without reservation. But protecting judges must not mean protecting the judicial system from peaceful criticism, public scrutiny, or demands for accountability.

A Message About Judicial Well-Being On July 25, 2026, the Minnesota Judicial Branch published a social-media post recognizing the International Day for Judicial Well-being. The Branch wrote: “We want to recognize today…
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By Craig StevensonPublished July 22, 2026Updated August 18, 2026About 12 min read
The Disciplinary Files

The Paul Overson Case

When a technically true statement misled the court

Attorney candor is sometimes discussed as if the rule were simple: do not say anything false to a judge. The disciplinary case involving Minnesota attorney Paul E. Overson shows why the obligation is broader than that…
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By Craig StevensonPublished July 21, 2026Updated August 22, 2026About 13 min read
The Disciplinary Files

The Catherine McEnroe Case

How an admitted false statement became a public attorney-discipline case—and how accountability affected the result.

Attorney-discipline proceedings can involve years of disputed facts, extensive records, contested hearings, and competing explanations of what occurred. This case was different. The central misconduct occurred during a…
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By Craig StevensonPublished July 20, 2026Updated August 6, 2026About 20 min read
The Candor Files

Candor and the OLPR’s Numbers

Record complaints, serious candor violations, and numbers that need clarification

The OLPR’s annual report calls candor violations serious. Its numbers also show a discipline system under record pressure — while several published figures do not fully reconcile. The most important candor statement in…
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By Craig StevensonPublished July 19, 2026Updated October 29, 2026About 15 min read
Independent Investigations

Independent Judicial Investigation on Appeal

What Minnesota cases reveal about independent judicial investigations

A review of Minnesota appellate decisions found 29 cases addressing whether a judge’s independent fact-gathering violated due process or the right to an impartial decision-maker. Only one disposed of the…
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By Craig StevensonPublished July 18, 2026Updated August 14, 2026About 22 min read
The Privacy Files

The Lake Region Healthcare Data Breach

How three proposed class actions raised questions about privacy protections, cybersecurity discovery, protective orders, and claims of privilege

Update — August 11, 2026: New court filings confirm that all three proposed class actions have now been dismissed without prejudice by court order. Judge Nathaniel Welte entered the Rund-Rieppel dismissal on July 30…
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By Craig StevensonPublished July 3, 2026Updated September 12, 2026About 5 min read
The Privacy Files

Why Justice-Denied.org Has Been Quieter Than Usual

The explanation behind the relative silence

Readers who have followed Justice-Denied.org may have noticed that we have published fewer posts in recent weeks than usual. That quieter period has not been because the issues we write about have disappeared, nor…
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By Craig StevensonPublished June 1, 2026Updated August 22, 2026About 14 min read
The Candor Files

When Lawyers Mislead Minnesota Courts

Candor is not optional

In Minnesota, a lawyer’s duty of advocacy has a hard boundary: the lawyer may argue forcefully, interpret the record favorably, and press every good-faith legal position available to the client. But a lawyer may not…
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By Craig StevensonPublished April 23, 2026Updated August 5, 2026About 7 min read
The Oversight Files

The Number Went Down. The Pattern Did Not.

What the Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards’ 2025 Annual Report adds to the story.

Last year, I wrote about a troubling reality in Minnesota’s judicial-discipline system in Eroding Trust, One Dismissal at a Time: the Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards (BJS) received a record number of complaints in…
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By Craig StevensonPublished April 17, 2026Updated August 23, 2026About 12 min read
The Fairness Files

When the Courthouse Proves the Point

Otter Tail County’s own Law Day event helps explain why so many litigants no longer trust the courts to recognize an appearance problem when they see one.

On May 1, 2026, Otter Tail County will host a public Law Day Open House at the historic courthouse in Fergus Falls, and we encourage the public to attend. According to the county’s own public materials, the event is…
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By Craig StevensonPublished March 28, 2026Updated August 23, 2026About 12 min read

An Open Letter to Minnesota’s Judicial System

Justice is not preserved by authority alone. It is preserved when people can see that the law was applied fairly, the record was honored, and every litigant was truly heard.

To the judges of Minnesota, to the appellate courts, and to the oversight bodies entrusted with preserving confidence in the rule of law: This letter is written in respect, but also in urgency. The Promise the Public Is…
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By Craig StevensonPublished March 16, 2026Updated October 29, 2026About 23 min read
Distorting the Law

Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress

How a separate tort was reframed, narrowed, and dismissed at summary judgment.

Minnesota’s tort of intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) is narrow by design. It is not an easy claim. The plaintiff must show extreme and outrageous conduct, intent or recklessness, causation, and severe…
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Craig Stevenson

Craig Stevenson is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Justice-Denied.org. He is President and CEO of Stevenson Technical Services, Inc. (STSI), which traces its roots to Craig’s Radio & TV, founded in 1979 and renamed STSI in 1989. He also founded and operated C&R Cable Company, Inc. from 1981 until its sale in 1989. Craig and his wife, Marie, have been married for more than 36 years and are the parents of two adult daughters.