Family of wrongly incarcerated man gets less than requested (UPDATE)
The estate of a deceased Madison man who was wrongly imprisoned will receive $97,500 from the Wisconsin Claims Board, according to a decision released Monday.
Claims Board wary of setting precedent in Shomberg case (UPDATE)
Members of the Wisconsin Claims Board expressed concern Wednesday that paying the estate of a deceased Madison man who was incarcerated for a crime for which he was acquitted may set precedent for other families to make similar claims.
Claims Board will hear man’s case again (UPDATE)
The family of a Wisconsin man who died soon after he was denied compensation for a wrongful conviction plans to press his case again before the Wisconsin Claims Board this week.
Claims board reschedules hearing in wrongful death case
The mother of a Madison man who died while trying to obtain compensation for a false conviction will get her day before a state board later this month.
Dead man’s estate postpones Claims Board hearing
A hearing for a man who died while trying to obtain compensation for his wrongful incarceration has been postponed.
Dead man’s wrongful conviction request set for hearing
The mother of a Madison man who died while trying to obtain compensation for a false conviction will get her day before a state board later this month.
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.
Wrongfully convicted man found dead in car
A man wrongfully convicted of a 2002 sexual assault has been found dead in a parked car in Madison.
Exonerated man to get $25K from state (UPDATE)
The state will pay $25,000 to a Milwaukee man who was wrongly convicted of a homicide that was later linked to a serial killer.
Board hears claims for overturned convictions
The Wisconsin Claims Board is considering claims from four people who were sentenced to time behind bars before their convictions were overturned.
New sentence for wrongfully convicted Madison man (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison man who spent six years in prison for a sexual assault he didn’t commit was sent back to prison this week, this time after being convicted of a gun-possession charge that he said evolved from the trauma of his wrongful sentence. Forest S. Shomberg, 47, was sentenced Thursday to […]
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