JUDGE JOHN TUNHEIM

Convicted head of human smuggling plot gets 10 years after Indian family dies on US-Canada border

(UPDATE 4PM) Steve Anthony Shand, got 6 1/2 years Wednesday with two years’ supervised release. FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — More than three years after a family of four from India froze to death while trying to enter the U.S. along a remote stretch of the Canadian border in a blizzard, the alleged ringleader of an international human smuggling plot was sentenced…

Judge Rejects New Trials for 2 Convicted of Human Smuggling Deaths of Family of 4 From India

This combination image shows left to right; undated photo released by the Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office shows Harshkumar Patel in Elk River, Minn., and undated photo released by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Steve Shand. (AP Photo)MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected requests for new trials for two men convicted on human smuggling charges in the deaths…

Federal judge who examined JFK files previews what to expect

Judge John Tunheim chaired the JFK Assassination Records Review Board

FARGO (KVRR) – A federal judge in Minneapolis who oversaw the collection of government documents on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy is pointing out what to look for when the records are finally unveiled. U.S. District Court Judge John Tunheim was chairman of the JFK Assassination Records Review Board. The panel examined every government file related to the…