CRITIC’S CORNER: Defense of jury instruction 140 falls flat

December 5, 2017 11:45 am

Wisconsin’s criminal jury instruction 140 describes the prosecutor’s burden of proof as “beyond a reasonable doubt.” However, it then contradicts itself by telling the jury “not to search for doubt” but instead “to search for the truth.”

Meeting the challenge to Wisconsin’s criminal jury instruction 140

November 22, 2017 11:07 am

Kenosha County criminal defense attorney Michael Cicchini is on a quest to revise what he considers Wisconsin’s deeply flawed jury instruction concerning the presumption of innocence and the burden of proof.

CRITIC’S CORNER: ‘Mistakes were made’: A reply to Michael Griesbach

June 26, 2017 2:09 pm

Wisconsin prosecutor Michael Griesbach recently wrote, “To be sure, mistakes were made in the Avery case.”

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CRITIC’S CORNER: Defense of jury instruction 140 falls flat

Meeting the challenge to Wisconsin’s criminal jury instruction 140

CRITIC’S CORNER: ‘Mistakes were made’: A reply to Michael Griesbach