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Lawmakers OK proposal to make PTSD mitigation factor in sentencing
An assembly panel has approved a bill that would make post-traumatic-stress disorder a mitigating factor judges can consider in sentencing criminals.
Lawmakers spar over penalty for hiding corpses
A panel of lawmakers has approved a proposal that would increase the penalty for hiding a corpse.
Legislature OKs ending gun waiting period (UPDATE)
Wisconsin Republicans moved within a step Tuesday of eliminating the state's decades-old 48-hour waiting period for handgun purchases, pushing a bill that would wipe out the statutes through the state Assembly to Gov. Scott Walker's desk.
Walker signs 3 domestic-violence bills
Gov. Scott Walker signed three bills Wednesday aimed at strengthening domestic-violence laws, including one measure proposed after a man fatally shot his estranged wife in 2012 while she was working at a Brookfield spa.
Assembly committee passes heroin prosecution bill (UPDATE)
An Assembly bill that gives individuals who call 911 to report a heroin overdose immunity from prosecution for certain crimes unanimously passed out of committee Thursday.
Assembly committee approves mascots bill (UPDATE)
A legislative committee approved a Republican bill Wednesday that would make stripping public schools of race-based nicknames and mascots more difficult, clearing the way for a full vote in the state Assembly next week.
Former judge proposes 12-person jury bill
A Milwaukee assemblyman has introduced legislation requiring all criminal juries to have 12 members because of the six-member jury that heard George Zimmerman’s case in Florida.
Domestic violence bills advance out of panels (UPDATE)
Two bills aimed at strengthening the state's domestic abuse laws received approval Thursday from legislative committees, including one that would require officers responding to domestic violence calls to explain themselves if they failed to make an arrest.
Juvenile jury trials still on legislative radar
After two failed attempts, a state legislator will try again to reinstate jury trials for juveniles facing extended detention.
Proposed bill would require municipal court judges carry law degrees
Kim Moe is not an attorney, yet she spent 13 years as a part-time municipal court judge.
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