Weaponized Competency: How Minnesota’s Rule 20 Gag Orders Become Prosecutorial Power Plays

Weaponized Competency: How Minnesota’s Rule 20 Gag Orders Become Prosecutorial Power Plays

Weaponized Competency: How Minnesota’s Rule 20 Gag Orders Become Prosecutorial Power Plays

“Judge issuing a gag order representing restrictions on a defendant’s right to speak.” “Symbolic image of limited speech reflecting gag order controversies in criminal proceedings.”

“The image of a mind being weighed against a gavel — the opening shot of a system built to quiet the defendant, not hear them.”

Reader Notice — different Ways to Read

This article is available as a standard text view and an interactive flipbook, with a PDF download if you prefer offline reading. The 11Labs audio/video version is a shortened summary, so the full written article is the best place to get all details and context.

Feature Two: Inside the Evaluation Room — The Audio They Didn’t Want Public
Above is the full audio of my November 2023 Rule 20 competency evaluation.
The thumbnail is lighthearted, but the story behind it isn’t.
This article provides the clarity and context the recording alone can’t show.
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