Controversial algorithms help decide who stays in jail
Eddie Armstrong had been sitting in the Dane County Jail for nearly two weeks when a judge set him free to await trial. His release was based in part on computer-generated scores that rated Armstrong's likelihood to return to court as fair and predicted he had a good chance of not committing a new crime.
Prisoner with release order remains behind bars
A man whose release from prison was ordered after 27 years behind bars remains in the Dane County Jail on a Department of Corrections hold.
Man charged in fatal crash not competent for trial
The case of a Wisconsin man accused of killing four people while driving drunk last year won't proceed because a brain injury he suffered in the crash prevents him from assisting in his defense, a judge has ruled.
No facilities offering to care for ex-deputy found insane
Some medical facilities are declining to offer care for a former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy suffering from advanced ALS who was found not legally responsible for killing his wife and sister-in-law in 2014.
Ex-deputy found insane in killings to be let out of hospital
A former Dane County sheriff's deputy found not legally responsible for killing his wife and sister-in-law in 2014 due to a mental disease will be released from a mental institution because his body has degenerated due to ALS and he is no longer a threat to public safety, a judge ruled Friday.
Former deputy committed in slaying of wife, sister-in-law
A judge has committed a former Dane County sheriff's deputy with Lou Gehrig's disease to a mental health institution after a jury earlier found he was not legally responsible for killing his wife and sister-in-law.
Ex-deputy with Lou Gehrig’s disease not guilty in killings
A jury on Thursday found a former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy with Lou Gehrig's disease not legally responsible in the killing of his wife and sister-in-law.
Year in jail in bicyclist’s death
A man who fell asleep behind the wheel and struck and killed a bicyclist has been sentenced in Dane County to a year in jail.
Driver gets 12 years for fleeing from fatal crash
A driver that fled from a Dane County crash that killed his friend has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Prosecutors: Former deputy planned homicides
Prosecutors say a former Wisconsin sheriff's deputy plotted to kill his wife and sister-in-law for days.
Ex-bishop gets 10 years in fatal crash
A former Lutheran bishop was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison for driving drunk and killing a Wisconsin jogger.
Former bishop pleads guilty to homicide in crash (UPDATE)
A former Lutheran bishop pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing a jogger in a drunken crash, under a deal with prosecutors that could send him to prison for up to 15 years.
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