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Sentencing Guidelines-Criminal Procedure
In early 2018, law enforcement began investigating an Indianapolis drug trafficking organization led by Jshaun Trice.
Supplemental Social Security Insurance Benefits
In 2010, Crowell applied for Supplemental Social Security Insurance benefits, stating that she was unable to work due to various health conditions, including ADHD, social anxiety, fibromyalgia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, chronic pain, panic attacks, arthritis, shoulder pain, back pain, OCD, anxiety, depression, insomnia, asthma, and COPD.
Habeas Petition- “Saving Clause”
In 2007, Hogsett was found guilty of various crimes, including the possession of a firearm as a felon, as defined by 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1).
Directive 17-09-Good Behavior Credits
While serving a 55-year prison sentence for murder, Love engaged in an assault on a correctional officer, leading to state convictions for felony battery.
Habeas Petition- “Saving Clause”
In 2012, Horton was found guilty of several drug trafficking and firearm offenses.
Habeas Petition- “Saving Clause”
Sanders, who was convicted in 2006 for firearms offenses, received an extended sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act due to three previous convictions, one of which was for Illinois residential burglary.
Jury rules for Milwaukee police in suit over arrests
A federal jury in Milwaukee ruled Friday that Milwaukee police did not violate the constitutional rights of Jarrett English and Benetria McGowan when they arrested them on the night of Aug. 30, 2016,
Milwaukee election chief interviewed in Jan. 6 probe
Milwaukee’s top election official met with federal prosecutors conducting a special counsel probe into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to subvert the outcome of the 2020 election leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection,
High-Level member of ISIS sentenced to life in prison for material support to a foreign terrorist organization resulting in death
Former Brooklyn and Bronx resident convicted of being an ISIS fighter, weapons smuggler, propagandist and recruiter.
City could be responsible for clearing snow from sidewalks
The ordinance is set to go before the City Council Wednesday.
US hits milestone for mass killings in first half of year
Nearly all of the mass killings in the first half of this year, 27 of 28, involved guns.
GOP White House hopefuls face mounting pressure to stop Trump in Iowa
Americans for Prosperity, the political arm of the Koch brothers operation, is working to explicitly undermine Trump in Iowa a
Legal News
- Green Bay man gets 2 consecutive life terms in fatal stabbings
- For 20 years, RCS has been bringing trial visuals to life
- Justices reject appeal from former Guantanamo detainee
- Lawyers burn midnight oil studying Title IX revisions
- 70 years after Brown, school integration stymied
- Wisconsin man gets 15 years in prison for Door County bar fire that killed two
- Noncitizen voting, already illegal in federal elections, becomes a centerpiece of 2024 GOP messaging
- Wisconsin election officials fear voter confusion over 2 elections for same congressional seat
- ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu
- Up in smoke: Workers remove dozens of apparent marijuana plants from Wisconsin Capitol tulip garden
- The Senate filibuster is a hurdle to any national abortion bill
- Bones found in 1989 in a Wisconsin chimney identified as man who last contacted relatives in 1970
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