A pair of liberal state Supreme Court candidates worked on Saturday to lock down votes at the state Democratic Party's annual convention, calling for a fair judicial system while signaling they support a range of party values.

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Justice Dan Kelly on Tuesday began his campaign for a full term on the Wisconsin Supreme Court, calling Wisconsinites “the best bosses a guy could want.”

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Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky has officially entered the race for Wisconsin Supreme Court next year.

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Dane County Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky said Tuesday she is planning to run next year for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat currently held by one of the court's conservative members.

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A judge ordered Wisconsin the receiver Quintez Cephus to stand trial Tuesday on charges that he sexually assaulted two drunken women this spring, rejecting a motion from his attorneys to dismiss one of the counts alleging that the women weren't as impaired as investigators say.

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Wisconsin's attorney general has promoted a prosecutor to lead the state Department of Justice’s Office of Crime Victim Services.

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Voters in counties with contested races for circuit courts made sure on Tuesday there will be some new faces on the bench, although some incumbents also managed to hold onto their seats.

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Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel and a group of Republican legislators began a push Tuesday to crack down on child abusers with a package of bills that would make repeated abuse a formal crime and expand reporting requirements.

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Wisconsin's open records law doesn't need a substantial rewrite to address police body camera videos, media advocates argued at a state Department of Justice summit on the statutes Wednesday.

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The state Department of Justice is recommending police don't submit evidence from sexual assault exams to the state crime lab unless victims have consented to cooperate with investigators.

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State Supreme Court justices had many questions Monday for the proponents of a measure to disallow the use of victims' names in certain appellate filings.

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Unpaid restitution for crime victims in Outagamie County totals more than $3.5 million over the last 35 years and officials say the problem is indicative of what is going on in the entire state.

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An administrative rule regarding victim testimony during probation revocation hearings has been on the books for more than 20 years, but has never been used.

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Supporters of a measure to disallow the use of names of crime victims in appellate paperwork say it is a step toward ensuring victims’ ordeals don’t haunt them forever.

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