Neglecting Vulnerable Adults Now Felony In Minn.

Neglecting vulnerable adults or mistreating children is now a potential felony in Minnesota.

 

 

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Neglecting vulnerable adults or mistreating children is now a potential felony in Minnesota.

Depriving a vulnerable adult of food, clothing, shelter or medical care could result in up to 10 years in prison.

Child mistreatment can bring up to two years in prison. Assistant Clay County Attorney Michelle Lawson says prosecutors have been waiting years for the changes.

The new law makes exceptions for caregivers in understaffed facilities, employers who don't sanction the abuse and caregivers who are caring for another vulnerable adult.

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