She is among a handful of White House hopefuls making a final push in the Midwestern state before Monday’s first-in-the-nation caucuses. Klobuchar hasn’t directly addressed the Burrell case since the AP’s story on his case was published earlier Tuesday, but a campaign spokeswoman said Burrell was tried twice and convicted of the girl’s killing, and the second trial occurred when Klobuchar was no longer the prosecutor. The spokeswoman also said that if there was new evidence, it should be immediately reviewed by the court. Klobuchar didn’t address the case in her campaign speech Tuesday night. ___Catch up on the 2020 election campaign with AP experts on our weekly politics podcast, “Ground Game.”

Source: Washington Post January 29, 2020 03:00 UTC