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UW Law’s Findley, Madison criminal-defense attorney among appointees to police oversight board
UW Law School Professor Keith Findley and Joshua Hargrove, a Madison criminal-defense attorney, are among the first round of appointees to Madison's new police-oversight board.
Supreme Court denies DNA testing in 1982 homicide
The state Supreme Court says a man convicted in a decades-old homicide isn't entitled to DNA testing.
Bill would increase compensation for wrongfully convicted
After Jarrett Adams was exonerated of a sexual assault conviction that landed him in prison for nearly 10 years, he found work moving stones.
Bills would change way Claims Board operates (UPDATE)
If a bill introduced this week had been law earlier this year, David Turnpaugh would be out $780.90.
Court grants new trial for robbery suspect (UPDATE)
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A man convicted of robbing two Milwaukee grocery stores nearly 20 years ago deserves a new trial because new digital enhancements have raised doubts that he’s really the robber shown on surveillance video, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. Brian K. Avery was 19 years old […]
Wis. Supreme Court won’t reconsider 1998 case (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court won’t reconsider its decision to deny a new trial to an Illinois man accused of participating in a gang rape in 1998. A University of Wisconsin-Whitewater freshman accused Dimitri Henley and two others of sexually assaulting her. A jury convicted Henley in 2000. A judge granted Henley […]
DA: No DNA tests needed in homicide cases (UPDATE)
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) – A review of 2,100 Milwaukee County homicide convictions from the past two decades did not find a single case in which DNA testing would be warranted to ensure that an innocent person wasn’t sent to prison, the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office said Friday. The review began […]
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