View from around the state: Rape victims deserve fast work on tests
"We owe it to those who had the courage to report a sexual assault." That's what Attorney General Brad Schimel said last year when he announced the state was offered $2 million to test backlogged rape kits.
Prosecutors want Dassey to remain locked up
Prosecutors want a federal judge to keep a man convicted in a case profiled in the popular "Making a Murderer" Netflix series behind bars while they appeal his release.
Across US, police officers misuse confidential information
Police officers across the country misuse confidential law enforcement databases to get information on romantic partners, business associates, neighbors, journalists and others for reasons unrelated to police work, an Associated Press investigation has found.
DOJ wants state to pay bar association dues
Attorney General Brad Schimel wants the state to pay state Justice Department attorneys' bar association dues.
Testimony reveals inmates told secretary about abuse
New testimony reveals that inmates at Wisconsin's troubled juvenile prison swarmed the corrections secretary during a 2015 visit to complain that they were being harmed by staff.
DOJ quietly stopped enforcing concealed carry class sizes
The state Department of Justice quietly agreed to stop enforcing concealed carry class size limitations last year.
Taxpayers to pay $1.6 million to attorneys in abortion case
Wisconsin taxpayers will pay $1.6 million to attorneys who represented Planned Parenthood and others in a lawsuit that successfully challenged a law requiring hospital admitting privileges for doctors who perform abortions.
DOJ argues against tape release
Law enforcement training videos featuring Attorney General Brad Schimel aren't subject to release under the open records law and doing so could tell pedophiles how to evade capture, Wisconsin's solicitor general told the state Supreme Court on Tuesday.
Widow sues police over motorcycle shop standoff
The widow of a man killed by police during a standoff at an eastern Wisconsin motorcycle shop is suing the officers for wrongful death.
Prosecutor won’t charge officer for shooting prom attacker
A Wisconsin prosecutor has decided not to charge a police officer who shot and killed a teenager who opened fire on kids as they left their high school prom.
DOJ shrinks environmental protection unit
The state Justice Department has shrunk staffing levels in its environmental protection unit to the lowest level in 25 years.
Wisconsin DOJ, partners make 87 internet arrests in sweep
The Wisconsin Department of Justice and multiple local police departments have made nearly 100 arrests in a national sweep targeting internet child sex predators.
Legal News
- Wisconsin district attorney demands attorney general compel WisDems to return donations tied to Epstein
- Women rainmakers under attack for their ambition: combatting Tall Poppy Syndrome
- Gov. Evers announces DOR Secretary Barca leaving Evers Administration
- Trump backers try again to recall Wisconsin GOP Assembly speaker as first effort stalls
- Wis. Department of Justice Office of School Safety (OSS) funding bill signed into law
- Bryan Steil teams up with election denier Jim Jordan
- Milwaukee Bar Association releases 2024 Judicial Poll results
- Hilton Doubletree Lawsuit: 8-year-old died after being sucked into swimming pool pipe
- Gov. Evers signs measure allowing tactical emergency medical services to bear arms
- Evers signs anti-human trafficking bills
- Evers signs bills addressing threats against judges
- Illegal immigrant charged with Fond du Lac domestic violence stabbing
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