There’s a story from the Janesville Gazette about how Walworth County’s district attorney Zeke Wiedenfeld is charging more frequently even as arrests in Walworth County are down significantly. See Walworth County DA charging more cases even though arrests are down. (For a post about Wiedenfeld’s insistence that he have a veto over judicial placements into…
District Attorney
Assault Awareness & Prevention, Crime, District Attorney, Josh Kaul
A Bit More on D.A. Chisholm, Investigations, and Election Results
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Yesterday I linked to a story from Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel about Milwaukee D.A. John Chisholm’s proposed investigation: Milwaukee DA John Chisholm calls for a statewide review of Catholic Church abuse files. In an email last night, a reader sent along a detailed assessment of what an investigation would require, and I replied privately to…
Crime, District Attorney, Law, Misconduct, Sheriff, Walworth County
Seventeen Questions: Injustice in Walworth County Wrongly Sends a Fourteen-Year-Old to Jail
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Yesterday, I posted about an appellate court decision that reversed a juvenile’s conviction and remanded the case for a new trial. See, Injustice in Walworth County Wrongly Sends a Fourteen-Year-Old to Jail. Today I’ll post several questions concerning the decision and two published accounts about of it. The appellate decision (“Appellate Decision”) is online at…