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Wrongful conviction case judge: Was there ‘rush’ to convict?
The judge presiding over a hearing to determine if a Missouri man's murder conviction should be overturned questioned on Friday if police and prosecutors "were in a little bit of a rush" to convict Lamar Johnson.
Board: Wrongfully convicted Milwaukee man deserves $1M
The Wisconsin claims board has asked the Legislature to award nearly $1 million to a Milwaukee man who spent 24 years in prison for crimes he did not commit.
Board awards $25K for wrongful conviction in 1992 homicide
The Wisconsin Claims Board on Friday awarded $25,000 to a U.S. Navy veteran who spent 26 years behind bars for a homicide he didn't commit.
Board to hear former inmate’s demand for $5.7 million
The Wisconsin Claims Board is schedled to hear a former prison inmate's demand for nearly $6 million in compensation.
Former homicide convict seeks $5.7 million in compensation
A man who spent 25 years in prison in connection with a 1992 homicide wants the state to pay him nearly $6 million, according to documents filed with the Wisconsin Claims Board.
Milwaukee would pay $7.5M settlement in bite-mark case (UPDATE)
A man would receive $7.5 million from the City of Milwaukee after he was wrongly imprisoned for 24 years based on what he says was bogus bite-mark evidence.
Claims Board denies former convict’s request for $90K
The Wisconsin Claims Board on Tuesday denied a man’s request to be compensated for spending three years in jail for convictions that were later overturned.
Board denies three innocent conviction claims
A state board has denied three requests for innocent conviction compensation.
Wrongful conviction, drunken driving bills left off Senate agenda (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Senate is unlikely to take up bills that would outlaw so-called sanctuary cities for immigrants, increase compensation for the wrongly convicted and allow students to deduct debt from their income taxes when it convenes Tuesday for what's expected to be the last floor period of the two-year legislative session.
Senate puts off vote on conviction compensation
The future of a bill that would dramatically boost compensation for the wrongly convicted is now uncertain, with the Wisconsin Senate putting off a vote Tuesday.
View from around the state: Avoid temptation to seal court records
Imagine the horror of being wrongly imprisoned for a heinous crime you didn't commit. In Wisconsin, that has happened to an estimated 40 people in the past 25 years.
Aid for wrongfully convicted could make for open-records problem
A bill that would increase compensation for people wrongly convicted of crimes has open records advocates worried over what it would do to court records.
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