Claims Board awards inmates for erroneous jail time (UPDATE)
The Wisconsin Claims Board has awarded $7,600 to a Lake Mills man who was mistakenly held in prison for more than a year after his sentence was supposed to end.
Senate approves bill limiting DNA collection
A more limited bill dealing with when DNA samples are collected from people under arrest has been passed by the Wisconsin state Senate.
Assembly votes to limit DNA collection
DNA would be collected only from people arrested for violent felonies like rape and assault under a bill that has passed the state Assembly.
Much work undone as Legislature nears end
As the Legislature nears the end of its work for the year, numerous bills remain in limbo or unlikely to pass.
Senate votes to change DNA law
The Wisconsin state Senate has voted to change a state law that requires police to collect DNA from people arrested for felonies.
AG says he’s not positioned for higher office
Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said he doesn't plan on running for higher office or joining a private law firm after he leaves office at the end of next year.
Wisconsin serial killer dies in South Dakota (UPDATE)
A man suspected of killing seven women in Milwaukee over a 21-year-period has died in South Dakota, where he was serving a life prison sentence.
40 years parole eligibility in woman’s homicide
A 22-year-old Marshfield man convicted of killing the mother of his child has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 40 years.
The price of wrongful incarceration
Annette Bruner’s son meant much more to her than $25,000.
Editorial: Making up for lost time
When justly convicted Wisconsin inmates are released, they walk out of prison armed with a written plan for re-entering society and the phone number of at least one state employee who will guide them through the transition.
State justices asked to review case that could affect DNA testing standard
The state Court of Appeals is seeking Wisconsin Supreme Court review of a case involving DNA evidence that could clear a man who was sentenced to prison in 2000.
Lawmakers want to boost wrongful conviction compensation (UPDATE)
Wisconsin lawmakers are working on a pair of bipartisan bills that would boost compensation for a man who spent more than two decades behind bars for a homicide he didn't commit as well as for all wrongful convictions.
Legal News
- Evers signs bills addressing threats against judges
- Illegal immigrant charged with Fond du Lac domestic violence stabbing
- Milwaukee creates requirements for private security guards after Isaiah Allen’s shooting death
- Milwaukee Police asking for public’s assistance after shooting of 6-year-old
- Man shot at Miami Hilton
- Wisconsin Supreme Court lets ruling stand that declared Amazon drivers to be employees
- Steven Avery prosecutor’s leaked diary reveals Ken Kratz’s confession
- Trevor Casper, killed in the line of duty, remembered 9 years later
- DOJ vs. Apple (chart)
- Milwaukee officers shoot, critically wound man when he fires at them during pursuit, police say
- Appellate courts do away with paper briefs
- Man dies from becoming trapped in municipal Wisconsin water tank
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