Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Due Process
Prude, who was serving a sentence of 80 years, provided assistance to a friend and fellow inmate in successfully pursuing a civil rights lawsuit against their Wisconsin prison.
Electronic Detention Program-Sex Offender
Whitfield was poised to be released from Menard Correctional Center in January 2010, commencing a period of mandatory supervised release.
Sentencing Guidelines
In 2017, Elion entered a guilty plea for three counts involving the distribution of methamphetamine under sections 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(C).
Sex Trafficking of Minors
Coney stood condemned on numerous counts concerning the sex trafficking of minors, predicated upon the "compelling and enduring testimony rendered by the six juvenile victims."
Jury Instructions-Drug Conspiracy
A 34-count indictment was issued by a grand jury against 12 defendants implicated in the sale of heroin.
Evidence-Child Pornography
Having acquired explicit images of child exploitation from an online source associated with Donoho, law enforcement officials proceeded to execute a search warrant at his residence in Wisconsin.
Emily Pinzl Joins Herrling Clark Law Firm as Attorney in Family Law Practice Group
Pinzl worked at Herrling Clark previously as a law clerk.
Prosecutors seek Jan. 2 trial date for Donald Trump in his 2020 election conspiracy case
Prosecutors noted Trump's tendency to use social media to talk about the legal cases against him and expressed concern that could intimidate witnesses.
Chicago mayor names the police department’s counterterrorism head as new police superintendent
The other two finalists were Shon Barnes, the police chief in Madison, Wisconsin; and Angel Novalez, Chicago police chief of constitutional policing and reform.
Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn arrested in 2021 after groping complaints at club, police records show
Epshteyn pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct charges in Scottsdale city court after prosecutors dropped charges of attempted sexual abuse, assault-touching and “harass-repeated acts.”
Federal courthouse in Milwaukee receives ‘all clear’ after HAZMAT response
Investigators determined there was no threat to the public and gave the "all clear' later Friday afternoon.
Kenosha police arrested wrong person at Applebee’s
The incident is another blemish for the southeastern Wisconsin city, which endured days of protests three years ago after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake.
Legal News
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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