A jury has found a Madison man guilty of killing a police drug informant.
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Read More »A jury has found a Madison man guilty of killing a police drug informant.
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Read More »A state court of appeals has ruled that the village of Cross Plains properly compensated a man for land it took for a construction project.
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Read More »A former Wisconsin Judicial Commission member has filed a complaint against a Dane County judge for recusing himself from a voter ID case after the Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the law.
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Read More »A Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for fatally running over his 2-year-old son, then trying to kill the boy's mother and her new boyfriend.
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Read More »A Wisconsin couple who cited their religious beliefs in using wooden dowels to discipline their children were sentenced to 18 months of probation Friday after being convicted of child abuse.
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Read More »A Wisconsin man who fatally ran over his 2-year-old son and allegedly stabbed the boy's mother entered a plea deal Monday just as his trial was to begin.
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Read More »An investigative group has asked a judge to reject a Republican state senator's arguments that's she's immune from a lawsuit demanding records from her office.
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Read More »After the defendant rejected the plaintiffs’ settlement offers, a Dane County jury awarded more than $1.7 million to a couple injured in a single-vehicle accident.
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Read More »Not guilty pleas have been entered on behalf of a former Mount Horeb police lieutenant accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy.
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Read More »Gov. Scott Walker says he may no longer bother with filling vacancies for judicial openings in Dane County after a second appointee of his was ousted by voters.
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Read More »Three circuit court judges elected in April will start their six-year terms early.
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Read More »Voters on Tuesday ousted three judicial appointees of Gov. Scott Walker, but also elected four others initially chosen to serve by the Republican last year.
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Read More »All four incumbent circuit judges running for re-election in the spring survived the Tuesday primary, but three finished second on the ballots.
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Read More »While there are no statewide judicial races to attract voters this spring, Wisconsin will have six circuit court primaries Tuesday.
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Read More »Justice, at its core, is the same to Ellen Berz from highbrow discussions on national ethics with Janet Reno to children passionately representing the Cowardly Lion and Dorothy in mock trials.
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Read More »Of the 12 contested circuit court elections this year in Wisconsin, eight will feature challenges to incumbent judges.
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