Almost 1/3 of Milwaukee Felony Cases Are Dismissed in Court, Up Since 2016 [PART 6]
Jessica McBride 38 Jim PiwowarczykPART SIX IN A 10-PART SERIES. Read parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Milwaukee County’s criminal justice system has broken down at almost all levels. Although some of this…
Alan Hernandez-Meraz: Non-Charged River Hills Suspect Has ICE Hold
Alan Hernandez-Meraz, the suspect in the River Hills car theft/burglary case that Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm’s office refused to charge, is currently in the Waukesha County Jail on an…
River Hills Police: DA Wouldn’t Charge Suspect Caught Sleeping in Stolen Car
“A subject was in the stolen vehicle, surrounded by stolen items, with stolen property in his pocket and not even a Possession of Stolen Property charge” – River Hills police…
Milwaukee DA’s Felony Charging Percentage Plummets to 39.7% [PART 5]
PART FIVE IN A 10-PART SERIES. Reads parts 1, 2, 3, and 4. Milwaukee County’s criminal justice system has broken down at almost all levels. Although some of this can…
Milwaukee Police Arrests Plummet 36% Since 2018 [PART 4]
PART FOUR IN A 10-PART SERIES. Read parts 1, 2, and 3. Milwaukee County’s criminal justice system has broken down at almost all levels. Although some of this can be…
Milwaukee Motor Vehicle Thefts & Homicides Fuel County’s Crime Explosion [PART 3]
PART THREE IN AN 11-PART SERIES. See parts 1 (on COVID policy changes imperiling public safety) and 2 (on the Collins Agreement). Milwaukee County’s criminal justice system has broken down…
Madison School District to Pay Thousands in Punitive Damages After Race Policy
The Madison Metropolitan School District (MMSD) must pay thousands of dollars in punitive damages and reform how the school district processes open records, as a result of a settlement with…
The ACLU’s Collins Agreement & the Decline of Proactive Policing [PART 2]
PART TWO IN AN 11-PART SERIES. See part 1 here. Milwaukee County’s criminal justice system has broken down at almost all levels. Although some of the breakdown can be attributed…
How Policy Changes in Milwaukee Courts Imperiled Public Safety [PART 1]
PART ONE IN AN 11-PART SERIES Milwaukee County’s criminal justice system has broken down at almost all levels. Although some of the breakdown can be attributed to the pandemic, some…
Evers Signs GOP’s Parole Transparency Bill After Families, WRN Exposed State’s Failures
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has signed the parole transparency bill, which Republicans crafted after Wisconsin Right Now and victims’ families exposed systemic failures in how the state was notifying victims’…