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Who’s Doing What: New hires in Milwaukee, Madison
Jeremy Adelson, James Barton, Don Jacquart, Paul Jacquart, John Shanahan, and Kristin Smith joined Hansen Reynolds Dickinson Crueger LLC, Milwaukee.
Wis. Innocence Project helps inmate go free
A Milwaukee inmate who won a chance to clear his name after a judge vacated his homicide conviction last year instead made an agonizing decision: to plead guilty to a lesser homicide charge in exchange for his immediate freedom, his lawyers said Wednesday.
State Supreme Court denies new trial in 20-year-old robbery case (UPDATE)
A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned an appeals court ruling that granted a new trial to a man convicted of robbing two Milwaukee grocery stores nearly 20 years ago.
Milwaukee man gets new trial after homicide conviction
A Milwaukee man serving a life sentence for homicide is getting a new trial after the Wisconsin Innocence Project accused the man's attorney of mounting a bungled defense.
Dane Co. DA approves DNA testing in 1994 killing
Prosecutors have approved a round of DNA testing in a 1994 case that the Wisconsin Innocence Project says could clear a Spring Green woman in another woman's death.
Bill increases compensation for wrongly convicted
Legislation under debate at the Capitol would significantly increase compensation for those wrongly convicted and incarcerated.
Court denies new trial in mill worker death (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin appeals court on Thursday denied the request for a new trial made by a man convicted in the grisly 1992 killing of a Green Bay paper mill worker.
New sentence for wrongfully convicted Madison man (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison man who spent six years in prison for a sexual assault he didn’t commit was sent back to prison this week, this time after being convicted of a gun-possession charge that he said evolved from the trauma of his wrongful sentence. Forest S. Shomberg, 47, was sentenced Thursday to […]
Marchers: Flawed prosecution led to ’92 slaying convictions
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Supporters of six men who were convicted in a grisly 1992 Green Bay killing are continuing their efforts to get the convictions overturned, arguing that the men were victims of flawed investigation and prosecution. About 60 people marched Friday around the Brown County courthouse, chanting that they wanted “truth and […]
Court grants new trial for robbery suspect (UPDATE)
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A man convicted of robbing two Milwaukee grocery stores nearly 20 years ago deserves a new trial because new digital enhancements have raised doubts that he’s really the robber shown on surveillance video, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. Brian K. Avery was 19 years old […]
Innocence Project gets $1 million in grants
For the second time in three weeks, the U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a grant to the Wisconsin Innocence Project at the University of Wisconsin Law School's Frank J. Remington Center.
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 […]
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- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
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