Judge orders reduced sentence in Martin’s criminal vehicular homicide case

By: Chelsey Perkins, KAXE

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: August 4, 2026

Words: 827

Last Updated: 2 weeks ago

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GRAND RAPIDS — An Itasca County judge heeded the requests of both the prosecution and defense by granting a lighter sentence Monday, Aug. 3, for a rural Grand Rapids woman who pleaded guilty to felony criminal vehicular homicide.

Cynthia “Cyndy” Martin, a well known northern Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor activist, was sentenced to 364 days in the Itasca County Jail for leaving the scene the night …

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