Ex-deputy accused of sex assault of teen gets prison time
A former Lincoln County sheriff's deputy accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl has been sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Court grants immunity to police, county in child abuse case
A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled Green Lake County and Berlin's police department are immune from claims in a child abuse case.
Civil rights investigation possible at youth prison
Federal officials looking into abuse allegations at Wisconsin's youth prison are trying to determine if criminal charges are warranted and also whether another investigation into civil rights violations is in order.
Walker signs bill creating school crime program
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that creates a pilot program to record crime and bullying in schools.
Homicide charge filed in fatal crash case
An Eau Claire man is charged with homicide by driving drunk in the death of a Fall Creek woman.
Abortion debate returns to depleted US Supreme Court
The abortion debate is returning to the U.S. Supreme Court in the midst of a raucous presidential campaign and less than three weeks after Justice Antonin Scalia's death.
Attorneys from shuttered Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan find work
A Chicago-based law firm has hired five people who used to work for Gonzalez Saggio & Harlan.
Walker signs bill expanding landlords’ rights
Landlords would have more power to evict tenants for criminal activity under legislation Gov. Scott Walker signed Monday.
NY judge scolds US in its fight with Apple over iPhone data
A Brooklyn jurist has scolded the government in a stinging rebuke of arguments it has used to shame Apple for refusing to surrender information from its customers' iPhones, saying it's stretching a 1789 law to get "impermissibly absurd results."
He speaks: Justice Thomas asks questions in court, 1st time in 10 years
Justice Clarence Thomas broke 10 years of courtroom silence Monday and posed questions during a Supreme Court oral argument, provoking gasps from the audience.
Court: Hormel workers owed for time putting on uniforms
Hormel Foods Corp. owes hundreds of workers at its Beloit canning plant back wages for the time they spent putting on and taking off required clothing and equipment, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
Former alderman sentenced for sexually assaulting boy
A former Sheboygan alderman has been sent to prison for 10 years for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy and seeking a bribe as a public official.
Legal News
- NAACP: No consequences for UWM Pro-Palestinian protesters shows ‘bias’ and ‘privilege’
- New complaints filed against Northwestern over Kenosha football hazing scandal
- Justice Department submits proposed regulation to reschedule marijuana
- Reckless driving on Brown Deer Road results in fatal collision
- Lavinia Goodell 150th Anniversary commemoration to be held June 17
- WisGOP reacts to vice president’s Wisconsin visit
- Former prosecutor suspended for unwelcome contact during legal conference
- One Wisconsin Attorney’s misconduct ‘in a league of its own’
- Wisconsin election fraud charge issued from November 2022 general election
- Indigenous consultant accuses NHL’s Blackhawks of fraud, sexual harassment
- Man pleads guilty in theft of Arnold Palmer green jacket, other Masters memorabilia from Augusta
- KS Governor cites competition concerns while vetoing measure for school gun-detection technology
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