Milwaukee may pay $6.5M to man wrongly convicted of murder
The City of Milwaukee would pay $6.5 million to a man wrongly convicted of a 1995 murder, under a proposed settlement filed Tuesday.
Wisconsin serial killer dies in South Dakota (UPDATE)
A man suspected of killing seven women in Milwaukee over a 21-year-period has died in South Dakota, where he was serving a life prison sentence.
State’s Supreme Court passes on serial-killing appeal
The state Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a Milwaukee man convicted of killing seven women over a 21-year period.
Convicted serial killer appeals to Wis. high court
A Milwaukee man convicted of killing seven women over a 21-year period is asking the state Supreme Court to hear an appeal of his convictions, a step his lawyer acknowledged was a "longshot."
DA: No DNA tests needed in homicide cases (UPDATE)
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) – A review of 2,100 Milwaukee County homicide convictions from the past two decades did not find a single case in which DNA testing would be warranted to ensure that an innocent person wasn’t sent to prison, the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s office said Friday. The review began […]
Man wrongly convicted of murder sues city, police (UPDATE)
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A second man who was wrongly convicted of a murder that was later linked to a serial killer has sued the city of Milwaukee and its police department, saying detectives framed him. William Avery, 39, was released from prison last year after DNA from the murder of Maryetta Griffin was connected to […]
Half of missing DNA samples collected in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has collected about half of the nearly 18,000 DNA samples missing from the state’s databank. The department’s data shows about 9,300 offenders still owe a DNA sample. About 95 percent of those offenders have completed their sentences. The databank was found to be incomplete in September […]
Man accused of killing 7 women pleads no contest
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A man accused of killing seven women over 21 years in Milwaukee pleaded no contest to all charges against him Friday. Fifty-year-old Walter Ellis appeared in Milwaukee County Circuit Court shackled and in a wheelchair. He provided succinct answers to questions by Judge Dennis Cimpl as to whether he understood he was […]
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