Unless we’re dramatically misreading the judge’s comments late last week about Larry Lokken’s bid for an early release, he doesn’t appear to be going home soon. That’s as it should be.

Tagged with: editorial Jon Theisen Larry Lokken

Gov. Tony Evers said last week he will propose legalizing marijuana for Wisconsin residents in his state budget as part of a plan to generate $166 million in revenue to help fund rural schools and programs for marginalized communities.

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Gov. Scott Walker has called for elimination of many public and legal notices in his recently proposed budget.

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Pity poor defense attorneys. Not only do they tend to work long hours for less pay than many of their colleagues. Their job also can often be worse than thankless.

Tagged with: Brendan Dassey editorial Steven Avery

A proposal in 2006 to let school employees carry concealed weapons popped up five days after a 15-year-old student shot and killed Weston High School Principal John Klang.

Tagged with: editorial Frank Lasee U.S. Department of Justice

The best way to write an opinion is the subject of some debate, but there is no denying that a concise, no-words-minced ruling that cuts through the unnecessary legalese and posturing is an easier and more enjoyable read, and thus, one more likely to affect more people.

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Trust is at the heart of the court system.

Tagged with: 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals editorial Richard Posner

The state’s civil courts are the realm of the rich, those who can afford as many lawyers as they need.

Tagged with: editorial John Ebbott Legal Action of Wisconsin Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee Mike Gonring Quarles & Brady Tom Cannon

Lawyers, especially those with a healthy courtroom practice, are expected to fit inside a very narrow sartorial box.

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What do you call an 11 percent drop in law school enrollment? A good start.

Tagged with: ABA American Bar Association editorial University of Wisconsin Law School

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.

Tagged with: DNA editorial Forest Shomberg Innocence Project

State Rep. Evan Goyke is acting on his assumption that Wisconsin residents are a simple bunch so swayed by gossip that they cannot be trusted with basic court records.

Tagged with: CCAP editorial Evan Goyke Gary Hebl Lena Taylor Melissa Sargent Wisconsin Circuit Court Access

Recent proposals to limit or abolish state Supreme Court elections attempt to remedy public perception that the high court is a political hotbed.

Tagged with: Annette Ziegler Ed Fallone editorial Elections Pat Roggensack Supreme Court U.S. Supreme Court Wisconsin Supreme Court

Do a quick Google search of “Karie Cattanach,” and it is all there.

Tagged with: Dan Blank editorial Karie Cattanach

Ten defendants have completed the Rock County Veterans Treatment Court program in the three years since the court’s founding, and not one has reoffended.

Tagged with: David O'Leary editorial James Daley Kendall Kelley Veterans Treatment Court

Politicians love easy sound bites and panacea numbers, and budget season is rife with such vague points of fact.

Tagged with: DNA editorial Scott Walker

This month’s Wisconsin Law Journal print edition's cover story about veterans courts has lots of information, but glaringly lacks the answer to the most important question: Are veterans courts successful?

Tagged with: editorial James Daley Kendall Kelley

It would be easy to criticize Polk County Judge Jeffrey Anderson for setting a low bail amount for Scott Youngmark less than two weeks before Youngmark allegedly murdered his fiancée, Kari Roberts, on Dec. 1.

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Judge Paul Murphy is no slouch, and those who come before him in his West Allis municipal courtroom are witness to his uprightness.

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Although it appears Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser is about to win the biggest legal battle of his career, he should be worried, even embarrassed, about the cost.

Tagged with: Ann Walsh Bradley choke David Prosser editorial Gov. Scott Walker Government Accountability Board Judicial Commission N. Patrick Crooks Patricia Barrett Prosser recusal Shirley Abrahamson Wisconsin Supreme Court

A Federal Trade Commission spokeswoman had one telling comment to explain the agency’s fight against illegal spam texts.

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Brown Deer will soon find out the cost of overestimating the public’s trust in government.

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Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke wants a private attorney to represent him in professional cases.

Tagged with: David Clarke editorial Michael Whitcomb

Lawyers are impassioned debaters, but not, apparently, when it comes to their wallets.

Tagged with: Board of Governors dues Dues Evaluation Committee editorial State Bar State Bar of Wisconsin

We don't think that Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans in the Legislature have launched a war on women, as some critics allege. We'd describe it more as a "police action."

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Pure objectivity is a myth. In that respect, Dane County Circuit Judge David Flanagan did nothing wrong when he signed a petition in November to recall Gov. Scott Walker and then, in March, granted a temporary injunction to stop the law that requires every voter show a photo ID before casting a ballot.

Tagged with: David Flanagan editorial Richard Niess Scott Walker voter ID

The credibility of Wisconsin’s required legal education is fading slowly to the soundtrack of rumbling snores and rustling newspapers.

Tagged with: CLE Continuing Legal Education Dan Blinka editorial Supreme Court

Logic doesn’t often prevail in the politics versus social services debate.

Tagged with: editorial Glenn Grothman Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee Legal Services Tom Cannon