The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next month in a case questioning whether a law requiring felons to pay a surcharge for DNA testing should have been applied retroactively in a Racine woman’s burglary conviction.

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The state’s Committee of Chief Judges on Monday selected Milwaukee County Circuit Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers to be its new chief.

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A Racine County judge has banned a Waterford man from using the Internet after he posted fraudulent ads on Craigslist soliciting sex for his neighbor.

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A Wisconsin judge says a man who served more than a decade behind bars for a murder conviction that was dismissed can't go free until next year.

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Wisconsin defendants waiting to be sentenced increasingly have to endure delays of several weeks before they learn their sentences.

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One man often is all who stands between those who work in the Racine County Courthouse and the attendant risk that entails.

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