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Legal minds eye quality control for convictions
Hospitals have staff conferences to examine why patients died. Airline pilots have a system for voluntarily submitting information on safety concerns. Yet the life-and-death world of criminal justice often operates without a similar mechanism for probing its most feared failures: wrongful convictions.
Cudahy worker killed 2 in self-defense: prosecutor
A maintenance worker who fatally shot two teens as police say he was being beaten with a baseball bat in Milwaukee will not be charged, a prosecutor said Monday.
Court: John Doe lawsuit was properly dismissed (UPDATE)
A northwestern Wisconsin judge properly dismissed a lawsuit alleging a Milwaukee prosecutor abused his power during a secret probe into Gov. Scott Walker's former aides, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.
Club for Growth sues to end John Doe investigation (UPDATE)
A group that advocates for conservative causes and its director filed a federal lawsuit Monday asking to end a secret investigation related to campaign fundraising and spending in recent recall elections, including the 2012 effort to oust Gov. Scott Walker.
Justice Department will review death of teen
The U.S. Justice Department plans to review the death of a 16-year-old who was restrained at a Milwaukee-area convenience store but says his family has not provided sufficient evidence so far of a civil rights violation.
Dad says no charges from DA ‘unconscionable’ (UPDATE)
The father of a Milwaukee-area teen who died in 2012 after being restrained in a convenience store said Friday it was "unconscionable" for the Milwaukee County district attorney not to bring charges.
Talk is cheap in John Doe probe
A lot of folks — perhaps too many — are spouting off about the John Doe probe launched by the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office into the campaign of Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and more than two dozen conservative groups, among others.
Abele declines to veto Sheriff’s Office absconder unit
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele will let stand the County Board’s decision to keep with the Sheriff’s Office a five-man unit tasked with catching those who abscond from the House of Correction.
Lessons learned: Prosecutors’ approaches to heroin epidemic differ from crack’s heyday
Nearly two decades after the height of crack cocaine use in Milwaukee, former District Attorney Mike McCann questions the tactics his office used to prosecute the problem.
Milwaukee County sheriff retains HOC absconder responsibility
The Milwaukee County Board voted unanimously Tuesday to allow Sheriff David Clarke to continue to track and capture those who abscond from House of Correction supervision.
Insurers could face more fees in workers’ comp fraud fight
Lawmakers are considering special fees for insurers as the price to prevent fraud in the state’s workers’ compensation system.
Co-sleeping proposal fails in Milwaukee County
It took about 15 minutes Monday for Milwaukee County supervisors to listen to, discuss and then unanimously reject a proposal that District Attorney John Chisholm’s office put more time into investigating infant deaths following co-sleeping.
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