Rep. Kooyenga wants to pay up
Rep. Dale Kooyenga said he is going to get the money owed to Robert Stinson one way or another, even if it means putting it in next year’s budget.
Senator pulls claims board bill before vote
A vote was canceled last-minute Thursday on a bill that would dramatically alter the way claims for the wrongfully incarcerated are processed.
Lawmakers want to boost wrongful conviction compensation (UPDATE)
Wisconsin lawmakers are working on a pair of bipartisan bills that would boost compensation for a man who spent more than two decades behind bars for a homicide he didn't commit as well as for all wrongful convictions.
Assembly bill moves to pay wrongfully convicted man
The Assembly version of a bill designed to pay thousands to a Milwaukee man who spent 23 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit was introduced Tuesday.
Legislators again seek to reimburse wrongly convicted man
After last year’s failed attempt, a new Senate bill again seeks to take money from the state’s general fund to pay a Milwaukee man who spent 23 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit.
Low payout limits can hinder wrongfully convicted
An innocent Wisconsin man was convicted of homicide. He served 23 years in prison before he was exonerated by DNA tests. But a Wisconsin claims board awarded him just $25,000, the maximum allowed under state law.
Legal News
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- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
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- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
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