Wisconsin lawmakers are making another attempt to create a state prosecutor board and office. The Assembly Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight held a public hearing for a bill about the board on Wednesday.

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A discrepancy in pay for prosecutors and public defenders is threatening to tip the scales of justice in Wisconsin.

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Republicans proposed last-minute changes to the state budget on Tuesday to appease skeptical conservatives just hours ahead of the state Assembly's vote on the plan, saying their proposals are fiscally responsible and should be signed into law by Gov. Tony Evers.

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District attorneys around the state are asking the governor and state Legislature to add more prosecutor positions.

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If nothing else, the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” has put a spotlight on an unsettling practice that Julius Kim and other defense lawyers see all the time: The admission into evidence of statements gathered in coercive interrogations.

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