The Wisconsin Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday in three cases, two involving double-jeopardy claims and one involving out-of-state corporations.

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An appeals court invalidated a section of state law Wednesday that requires judges to impose a a DNA surcharge on misdemeanor convictions without submitting an actual sample, a ruling that could affect potentially thousands of criminals caught up in a wrinkle of budgetary timing.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a Chicago attorney for three domestic abuse-related convictions, rejecting a referee’s decision to simply issue a public reprimand.

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There’s a shift going on at the Ozaukee County Justice Center.

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A former school bus driver is sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting three young male passengers in Ozaukee County.

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The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a rape conviction over objections that the defendant did not have the chance to question the reliability of the DNA evidence that helped convict him.

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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court have already looked at the issue of DNA evidence in criminal cases, with several rulings restricting prosecutors’ ability to admit such data without calling the lab analysts who prepared the tests to testify.

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