Kaul wades into emergency detention issues
Attorney General Josh Kaul waded into the thorny world of emergency mental-health detentions Thursday, convening a summit to devise ways to prevent police from spending hours transporting detainees to treatment centers.
State to pay $562K after suicide at Mendota (UPDATE)
The state will pay more than half a million dollars to the estate of a man who committed suicide four years ago at Mendota Mental Health Institute, settling a lawsuit that accused hospital staffers of being negligent in his care.
Man who killed family reports for jury duty
A man who killed his wife and two young children 27 years ago has reported for jury duty in Milwaukee County.
State Supreme Court won’t review release revocation
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has declined to review a decision that sent a man who killed a priest and two others in La Crosse County back to a mental health facility.
Judge orders Waukesha man confined to mental hospital
A Wisconsin man arrested in the deaths of three retired farmers has been sent to a mental institution after a judge found he wasn't competent to stand trial.
Man won’t be tried in neighbor’s shooting
A Wisconsin man who killed his neighbor has been sent for treatment at a mental hospital after a judge ruled that injuries from two suicide attempts and his age made the man unfit for trial.
Killer might have been better off in prison
Alan Randall may have been better off going to prison for killing two Wisconsin police officers in 1975. He might have been freed in his early 30s, with most of his life still ahead of him.
Judge temporarily suspends case in developer’s slaying
A Waukesha County judge on Thursday suspended the murder case against 17-year-old Richard Wilson, on the grounds that the defendant is unable to understand the charges against him.
Man who killed wife, 2 kids is released
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A paranoid schizophrenic who stabbed his wife and two children to death 24 years ago in Milwaukee has been released again. Keith Kalota was confined to Mendota Mental Health Institute from 1987 to 2003, when he was granted conditional release. But he was returned in September when he was accused of violating […]
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