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Ex-Minnesota Lawmaker Gets Six Months in Jail for Burglary

Nicole Mitchell was found guilty of breaking into her stepmother’s home. She resigned from the State Senate after her conviction, briefly threatening the Democrats’ slim majority.

© Pool photo by Anna Paige

Nicole Mitchell, then a Minnesota state senator representing the suburbs of Minneapolis and St. Paul, at her trial in July. She was sentenced to six months in jail on Tuesday.
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