“What we are seeing here is nothing more than political rhetoric. Impeachment should only be used for corrupt conduct, crimes and misdemeanors,” said Fond Du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney who is also President of The Wisconsin District Attorneys Association.
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Republican Rep. Dan Knodl says if elected he will use Wisconsin Senate as a trial court to convict Democrats
The winner of the seat will determine whether Democrats or Republicans will control the Wisconsin Senate, and there is a lot at stake.
Read More »Wisconsin on brink of constitutional crisis as courts face unprecedented DA, public defender shortage
Editors Note: Our Managing Editor, Steve Schuster spoke to Judges, the Office of Lawyer Regulation, Federal Prosecutors, District Attorneys throughout the Midwest, the State Bar of Wisconsin, Wisconsin Attorney General, Governor Tony's Evers office, as well as legislatures to determine the full extent of the problem and possible solutions on how to fix Wisconsin's broken criminal justice system.
Read More »Prosecutors move to dismiss Wisconsin abortion ban challenge (UPDATE)
A conservative prosecutor is asking a judge to toss out Democratic Attorney General Josh Kaul's lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's 173-year-old ban on abortions, arguing that it lacks legal merit and that there is no weight to assertions that it is unenforceable because of its age.
Read More »Medical services company guilty in Milwaukee jail death
The company that provided medical services at a Wisconsin jail has been found guilty in the 2016 dehydration death of an inmate.
Read More »No charges in Milwaukee market shooting that left 2 dead
The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday no charges will be filed in a shooting outside a Milwaukee grocery store that left two dead after prosecutors determined the shooter fired in self-defense.
Read More »Wisconsin’s Democratic AG sues to block state’s abortion ban
Wisconsin's Democratic attorney general filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the state's 173-year-old abortion ban, arguing that statutes passed in the 1980s supersede the ban and it's so old no one can say it passed with the consent of modern generations.
Read More »GOP gov hopefuls: Fire DAs who don’t enforce abortion ban
Three Republican gubernatorial hopefuls say they would fire prosecutors who refuse to enforce Wisconsin's 173-year-old ban on abortions in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court decision reversing Roe vs. Wade.
Read More »Wisconsin vets chairman steps down amid child porn charges
The embattled leader of the Wisconsin veterans policy board resigned Monday, bowing to mounting pressure to step down as he battles child pornography charges.
Read More »Wisconsin Republicans seek higher bails after parade deaths
Wisconsin Republicans are pushing to amend the state constitution to make it harder for criminal defendants to get out on bail, hoping to capitalize on anger over the killing of six people by a driver who was out on bail when authorities say he plowed into a Christmas parade near Milwaukee.
Read More »Waukesha parade suspect to stand trial for murder
A Milwaukee man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens more when he drove an SUV through a suburban Christmas parade must stand trial, a court commissioner ordered Friday.
Read More »Prosecutors add dozens of charges in Wisconsin parade deaths
A man accused of driving an SUV through a Wisconsin Christmas parade crashed into people head-on, ran them over as they lay on the ground and at one point leaned out his window to steer because someone had landed on his windshield and was blocking his view, prosecutors alleged Wednesday in a criminal complaint that levies dozens of new charges against him.
Read More »Time for bipartisan bail reform
On Nov. 21, the nation looked on in horror to see a man drive through the Waukesha parade, killing six people and injuring dozens more.
Read More »Evers attorney: Complaint over Milwaukee prosecutor invalid
A complaint demanding that Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers remove Milwaukee County's district attorney from office over a bail recommendation for a man who later drove his SUV through a suburban parade isn't valid, an attorney hired by the governor's administration concluded Tuesday.
Read More »Wisconsin lawmakers push for higher bail after parade deaths
Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin are pushing for tougher bail policies after a man who is charged with driving his SUV through a Waukesha Christmas parade, killing six people and injuring more than 60, had been released on $1,000 bail in a domestic violence case.
Read More »Evers: Voters should decide if Milwaukee DA keeps job
Gov. Tony Evers says voters should decided whether Milwaukee County's top prosecutor keeps his job
Read More »Evers says he may support bail changes after Waukesha parade
Gov. Tony Evers said he might support efforts to overhaul Wisconsin's bail system, which came under scrutiny following the Waukesha Christmas parade deaths.
Read More »Group seeks to oust prosecutor after Wisconsin parade crash
Wisconsin's governor received a complaint Monday seeking the removal of Milwaukee County's district attorney because one his prosecutors recommended $1,000 bail for a man who authorities say later drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in a nearby county, killing six people.
Read More »Milwaukee court: Audio of bail hearing missed due to error
Milwaukee County court officials have reported that an error led to them failing to record audio of a bail hearing for a man before he allegedly drove his vehicle through a Christmas parade, killing six people.
Read More »Republicans urge removal of DA over parade deaths
More than a dozen Republican Wisconsin state lawmakers on Monday called on Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to remove Milwaukee County's top prosecutor because his office recommended $1,000 bail for a man before he allegedly drove his vehicle through a Christmas parade, killing six people.
Read More »DA: Overworked assistant set bail too low for parade suspect
Milwaukee County's top prosecutor said Thursday that a young assistant in his office rushed to set $1,000 bail for a man before he allegedly drove his vehicle through a Christmas parade because she was overworked and never saw his risk assessment.
Read More »Family of man killed by Wisconsin officer calls for justice
Family and friends called for justice for Jay Anderson Jr. on Saturday in the park where he was killed five years ago by a Wauwatosa police officer.
Read More »Milwaukee County hopeful for strong post-pandemic comeback for courts
Participants in Milwaukee County’s criminal justice system believe the courts will come back from the COVID-19 pandemic stronger than it was before.
Read More »No charges filed in Milwaukee veterans hospital shooting
Federal police who shot a 35-year-old man near the entrance to a Milwaukee veterans hospital in July will not be charged in the death, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Read More »Suburban Milwaukee officer who killed 3 since 2015 resigns
A suburban Milwaukee police officer who has fatally shot three people in the line of duty since 2015, including a Black teenager outside a mall in February, is resigning from the department.
Read More »Milwaukee DA, Legal Aid Society review juvenile life sentences
For 128 people now in Wisconsin prisons, decades have passed since they were put away for life for crimes they committed as children.
Read More »No charges filed in fatal Greenfield police pursuit
A Greenfield Police officer will not be criminally charged as a result of a vehicle pursuit that resulted in a fatal crash.
Read More »Walker says he won’t remove Chisholm as district attorney
Gov. Scott Walker says he has no intention of removing Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm from his job, despite calls from the chairman of the state Ethics Commission to do just that.
Read More »Ethics chief wants Milwaukee DA gone
The state Ethics Commission's chairman says Republican Gov. Scott Walker should remove Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm from office for running an investigation that has cost the commission's administrator his job.
Read More »Former Walker aide loses federal appeal
A former aide to Gov. Scott Walker has lost an appeal of a federal court ruling rejecting her lawsuit alleging that prosecutors in the now-closed John Doe investigation overstepped their constitutional authority.
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