A judge should deny a request to be released by a Wisconsin woman convicted of stabbing a classmate to please the internet horror character Slender Man because she remains a danger to others, a prosecutor argued in response to the petition for conditional release.

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Prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday for time to file written arguments on whether a Wisconsin woman convicted of stabbing a middle-school classmate seven years ago to please the internet horror character Slender Man deserves to be released from a mental-health center.

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One of the teens convicted of stabbing a classmate to please the fictional internet horror character Slender Man is expected to ask for release from a Wisconsin mental health facility.

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The Wisconsin girl who was lured into the woods by two friends and stabbed 19 times in an attempt to please a fictional horror character called Slender Man said she's come to terms with some things involved in the attack but still sleeps with broken scissors "just in case."

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In May 2014, two 12-year-old Waukesha girls, Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, lured their friend, Payton Leutner, into a Waukesha park and stabbed her 19 times.

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A Wisconsin girl who stabbed a classmate to curry favor with the fictional horror character Slender Man will be committed to a mental hospital for 40 years, a judge ordered Thursday, explaining his decision as "an issue of community protection."

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Foxconn's arrival. A fatal explosion. A late state budget. Sexual misconduct in the Legislature. Wisconsin saw another tumultuous year in 2017. Here's a look at the biggest stories in the state in the past 12 months:

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One of two Wisconsin girls who tried to kill a classmate to win favor with a fictional horror character named Slender Man was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in a mental hospital, the maximum punishment possible.

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One of two Wisconsin girls who stabbed a classmate to impress the fictional horror character Slender Man is due in court to complete a plea deal aimed at sparing her prison time.

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A Wisconsin girl who admitted to participating in the stabbing of a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man will avoid prison after a jury determined that she was mentally ill at the time of the attack.

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A jury this week will begin weighing the mental competence of a girl accused in the stabbing of a classmate to please a fictional horror character known as Slender Man.

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