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Editorial: Judging by the correct standards
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.
Editorial: DNA numbers don’t add up
Politicians love easy sound bites and panacea numbers, and budget season is rife with such vague points of fact.
Editorial: Veterans courts built to last
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?
Editorial: Don’t just sit back and complain
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.
Editorial: Justice obstructed
Judge Paul Murphy is no slouch, and those who come before him in his West Allis municipal courtroom are witness to his uprightness.
Editorial: The cost of justice
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.
Editorial: A failure to enforce spam texts
A Federal Trade Commission spokeswoman had one telling comment to explain the agency’s fight against illegal spam texts.
Editorial: Wrong road taken in Brown Deer
Brown Deer will soon find out the cost of overestimating the public’s trust in government.
Editorial: A sheriff’s demands
Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke wants a private attorney to represent him in professional cases.
Editorial: Dues debate drowns in silence
Lawyers are impassioned debaters, but not, apparently, when it comes to their wallets.
Repeal of ’09 law harms discrimination victims
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."
EDITORIAL: The value of a signature withheld
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.
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- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
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