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DataWatch: Wisconsin gives little compensation to wrongfully convicted
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat is a year of life behind bars worth for someone who didn’t commit a crime?One standard in Wisconsin suggests it’s no more than $5,000. That’s the maximum compensation the...
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How we investigated Milwaukee County’s once-secret Brady list
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor more than 25 years, the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office has closely guarded its list of law enforcement officers who have been accused of dishonesty, bias or...
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Milwaukee County’s Brady list has flaws. Here’s what to know
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor more than 25 years, the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office has maintained a list of law enforcement officers who have been accused of dishonesty, bias or...
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Duty to disclose: Gaps found in Milwaukee County tracking of officers with...
Reading Time: 11 minutesClick here to read highlights from the storyThe Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office system for tracking officers with credibility concerns, allegations of dishonesty or...
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Seventh inmate dies at Wisconsin’s Waupun Correctional Institution
Reading Time: 2 minutesA seventh inmate has died at Wisconsin’s oldest prison, less than a year after the then-warden and multiple members of his staff were charged with misconduct and felony inmate...
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Families seek answers after deaths of two women incarcerated at Taycheedah...
Reading Time: 4 minutesClick here to read highlights from the storyTwo women incarcerated at Taycheedah Correctional Institution have died following hospital stays that began Feb. 22. Family members...
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Falsifying reports. Found ‘not credible.’ Why aren’t they on Milwaukee’s list...
Reading Time: 11 minutesClick here to read highlights from the storyThe Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office has strict criteria to place officers on its Brady list, meant to help prosecutors...
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Latest push begins to prevent domestic abusers in Wisconsin from possessing...
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs both a survivor and advocate on the issue, Natalie Hayden knows how guns can turn a domestic violence situation from dangerous to deadly.“Having that weapon just really...
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Wisconsin is an outlier in expansive, aggressive bail jumping charges
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen John Gross, a professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, learned about the Wisconsin law that’s driven a surge in criminal charges over the past two decades, he...
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Crackdown on Wisconsin court order violations stuns lawyers, analysts
Reading Time: 9 minutesClick here to read highlights from the storyLed by Dane County, the state’s most-used criminal charge — bail jumping — is becoming far more common, even as crime falls. Wisconsin...
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How Wisconsin could better track police officer dishonesty
Reading Time: 7 minutesClick here to read highlights from the storyProsecutors nationwide must provide the defense with information that could call into question the credibility of police officers or...
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Wisconsin Department of Justice withheld officer roster after police group...
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen a journalism nonprofit asked the Wisconsin Department of Justice in 2020 for the names and work histories of all law enforcement officers in the state, the agency initially...
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