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Milwaukee recently saw its 11th co-sleeping death this year. In response, County Supervisor Mark Borkowski suggested state legislators enact new laws that would permit prosecutors to bring “manslaughter” charges against parents who cause the death of a child through co-sleeping.

In criminal prosecutions, defendants often feel as if they are fighting an impossible battle.

Law enforcement officers for years have taken advantage of overly broad civil forfeiture laws.

Most lawyers have assumed that the Constitution is unambiguous in preserving one’s right to remain silent.

More than half of all black men in Milwaukee County have spent time in prison, according to a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee study.

Congress hatched the idea of fusion centers in the aftermath of the Sept.11, 2011, terrorist attacks.

Every defendant convicted of a crime in federal court must confront the federal sentencing guidelines.

Attorneys who are appointed to cases by the Wisconsin State Public Defender’s Office are paid $40 per hour.

Sometimes lost in the debate over gun control is the fact that this country needs meaningful change to the way in which mental health treatment is ordered, offered and executed.

In November, the voters of Colorado and Washington supported initiatives that legalized marijuana within their states.

Morton’s Fork describes a choice between two equally unpleasant options.

It is now only a matter of time before there is a federal takeover of the Milwaukee Police Department.

10-3694 Coleman v. Donahoe

On Aug. 27, Michael Fitzsimmons awoke at 2 a.m. to the sound of noises coming from his garage. It was dark out and Fitzsimmons walked outside to investigate. Upon entering his garage, Fitzsimmons was confronted by a man later identified as James Babe.

One might think that former Republican Senator Ted Stevens, now deceased, must have very little in common with baseball legend Roger Clemens.

There is a saying about the American justice system that we would rather let 100 guilty men go free than convict an innocent man.

A fundamental principle of the American justice system is individuals should not be subject to criminal prosecution and penalties unless they intentionally engage in inherently wrongful conduct or conduct that they know to be unlawful.

The American system of criminal justice is based on the principle that a person remains innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. That is the way it should be.

Montel Williams was recently accused of possessing "marijuana paraphernalia" at Mitchell International Airport.