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Attorney: Triple homicide suspect ‘confused’ (UPDATE)

POSTED: Friday, May 10th, 2013 at 2:06 pm

BY: Associated Press

A Milwaukee man accused of killing three people in a southwestern Wisconsin farmhouse is confused about the line between reality and delusion, his defense attorney said Friday.

Jury convicts man of shooting mother (UPDATE)

POSTED: Friday, May 3rd, 2013 at 4:42 pm

BY: Associated Press

A Big Flats man was convicted Friday of killing his mother in 2010, hiding her body and using her checks and credit cards.

Husband convicted in slaying of Mich. woman, 79

POSTED: Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 at 9:59 am

BY: Associated Press

A 50-year-old Upper Peninsula man charged in the disappearance and slaying of his 79-year-old wife has been convicted of first-degree murder and other charges.

Jury rejects insanity claim in girls’ deaths

POSTED: Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 at 11:29 am

BY: Associated Press

A jury on Tuesday rejected an insanity defense by a former Wisconsin father who admitted to killing his three young daughters last July, finding he had a mental defect but still understood he was doing something wrong when he slashed his girls’ throats, then tucked their bodies into bed.

Prosecution witness says Schaffhausen sane

POSTED: Monday, April 15th, 2013 at 3:02 pm

BY: Associated Press

A psychiatrist who evaluated a man accused of killing his three daughters testified the father was mentally aware of his criminal actions.

Mom’s sentencing for 1957 death postponed

POSTED: Monday, April 15th, 2013 at 12:14 pm

BY: Associated Press

The sentencing for a 76-year-old Wisconsin woman convicted of killing her baby more than 50 years ago has been postponed.

Bishop charged in crash that killed runner

POSTED: Thursday, April 11th, 2013 at 10:24 am

BY: Associated Press

A witness told police that a Lutheran bishop accused of driving drunk when he struck and killed a runner in Sun Prairie on Sunday never braked after the crash and appeared to be trying to flee the scene, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday.

Jail, probation for mother in infant’s death

POSTED: Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 at 9:24 am

BY: Associated Press

A mother has been sentenced to probation, including a year in jail, for causing the death of her baby in Dane County.

Prosecutor: Dad killed girls to hurt ex-wife (UPDATE)

POSTED: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013 at 3:34 pm

BY: Associated Press

The day his ex-wife could legally remarry, Aaron Schaffhausen hopped aboard a train and left North Dakota to go back to Wisconsin. The next day, he cut their three young daughters’ throats, wrapped their necks with his spare T-shirts and tucked them into bed.

Court upholds conviction in 1980 murder

POSTED: Thursday, March 14th, 2013 at 10:29 am

BY: Associated Press

A Wisconsin appeals court has upheld a conviction in a 1980 murder.

Jury convicts Madison man in crash that killed 4 (UPDATE)

POSTED: Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 at 2:00 pm

BY: Associated Press

A Dane County jury has convicted a Madison man on several counts in an impaired driving crash that killed four people.

No contest plea in shooting death of friend

POSTED: Thursday, March 7th, 2013 at 12:31 pm

BY: Associated Press

A Wood County man accused of accidentally shooting his friend while intoxicated has pleaded no contest to a felony charge in an agreement with prosecutors.

Insanity defense planned in homicide case

POSTED: Wednesday, March 6th, 2013 at 9:49 am

BY: Associated Press

An Eau Claire man accused of killing a 39-year-old man with a crowbar plans an insanity defense.

Judge orders psychiatric exams in triple homicide case

POSTED: Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 at 12:55 pm

BY: Associated Press

A judge has ordered a man accused of killing his three young daughters to undergo two separate psychiatric examinations before his trial.

3 charged in connection with 2007 death

POSTED: Monday, February 18th, 2013 at 10:44 am

BY: Associated Press

Two Minnesota women and one Wisconsin woman have been charged in connection with a 2007 shooting death in eastern Wisconsin.

Defendant guilty in Lac Courts Oreilles stabbing

POSTED: Thursday, February 14th, 2013 at 9:38 am

BY: Associated Press

A Bayfield County jury has found a 22-year-old man guilty of reckless homicide in a fatal stabbing on the Lac Courts Oreilles Indian Reservation.

Jury outside Door County will hear homicide case

POSTED: Friday, February 1st, 2013 at 10:05 am

BY: Associated Press

Jurors will be selected outside Door County to hear the case against an Illinois man accused of killing his friend and her unborn baby.

Man pleads not guilty in half-brother’s death

POSTED: Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 3:37 pm

BY: Associated Press

A former Wisconsin man accused of beating his autistic half-brother to death and then hiding his body has pleaded not guilty.

Appeals court denies new trial for Dassey

POSTED: Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 at 9:05 am

BY: Associated Press

A state appeals court has rejected Brendan Dassey’s request for a new trial on charges that he helped kill a young woman in 2005 in one of Wisconsin’s most notorious crimes.

Venue change request in half-brother’s homicide

POSTED: Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 at 8:58 am

BY: Associated Press

Lawyers for a former Wisconsin man accused of killing his autistic half-brother want a judge to move his trial out of Dane County.

Man pleads not guilty to killing police wife (UPDATE)

POSTED: Thursday, January 24th, 2013 at 10:28 am

BY: Associated Press

An Iraq War veteran charged with killing his wife, a suburban Milwaukee police officer, on Christmas Eve pleaded not guilty Thursday during a brief hearing that provided no hint of the defense his attorney plans to mount.

Outside jury will hear Argyle arson, homicide case

POSTED: Thursday, January 24th, 2013 at 10:03 am

BY: Associated Press

A jury from outside Lafayette County will hear the case against an Argyle man accused of killing his children by setting his house on fire.

Lawyer: Sheboygan teen won’t seek juvenile court trial

POSTED: Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013 at 3:04 pm

BY: Associated Press

A Sheboygan teenager charged in his great-grandmother’s killing will no longer seek to have his case tried in juvenile court.

May trial set for man in La Crosse double homicide

POSTED: Monday, January 21st, 2013 at 12:24 pm

BY: Associated Press

A Minnesota man accused of killing a La Crosse photography store owner and his son is set to stand trial in May.

Special treatment: Wisconsin courts offer alternatives for veteran defendants (access required)

POSTED: Monday, January 21st, 2013 at 9:29 am

BY: WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF

In August 2011, Christopher McNulty stood in his girlfriend’s Sturgeon Bay garage, a 22-caliber rifle in his hands and local police outside the door.

Jurors to consider felonies in Milwaukee police custody death

POSTED: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 at 9:20 am

BY: Associated Press

A special prosecutor is considering felony charges in connection with the death of a suspect while in Milwaukee police custody.

Judge won’t move triple homicide trial

POSTED: Thursday, January 17th, 2013 at 1:38 pm

BY: Associated Press

A judge won’t move the trial for a North Dakota construction worker accused of killing his daughters out of St. Croix County.

Wis. sentencing expert: Iowa’s parole system is flawed

POSTED: Tuesday, January 15th, 2013 at 1:04 pm

BY: Associated Press

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s spokesman defended the state’s release of a convict charged with killing his mother and kidnapping a woman 36 hours after leaving prison, saying state officials did everything in their power to protect the public.

Milwaukee man gets new trial after homicide conviction

POSTED: Monday, January 14th, 2013 at 1:09 pm

BY: Associated Press

A Milwaukee man serving a life sentence for homicide is getting a new trial after the Wisconsin Innocence Project accused the man’s attorney of mounting a bungled defense.

Man pleads not guilty to killing wife

POSTED: Friday, January 11th, 2013 at 10:30 am

BY: Associated Press

A man accused of fatally shooting his wife has pleaded not guilty in Rusk County Circuit Court.

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