I wrote in January about Walworth County District Attorney Koss’s Foolish, Ignorant Price Tag on Justice, where D.A. Koss expected a crime victim to pay for the cost of an expert witness against the woman alleged to have defrauded her. Needless to say, this expectation called the prosecution of the criminal defendant, Beth Reeves, into…
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Elkhorn, Law, Walworth County
Walworth County District Attorney Koss’s Foolish, Ignorant Price Tag on Justice
by JOHN ADAMS •
Readers will recall a story from 2009 about Walworth County’s lawsuit against a crime victim to collect part of the cost of an expert the county hired to aid in the prosecution of those who victimized her. I wrote at the time that the county’s lawsuit was “an astonishing and disgraceful departure from legal…
Crime, District Attorney, Walworth County
Walworth County D.A. Wiedenfeld’s Charging Push
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
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…
Courts, Crime, Law, Walworth County
Scenes from the Alabama Walworth County Legal System
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
One reads that Walworth County treatment courts face uncertain future after DA questions role: The future of Walworth County’s treatment courts is uncertain after District Attorney Zeke Wiedenfeld at a special meeting Tuesday questioned his office’s participation in the programs and its level of control over who enters them. Most questions from Tuesday’s meeting went…
Crime, Law, Litigation, Walworth County
The Enduring Sadness of Walworth County
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
“ELKHORN—A woman who son was shot and killed by a Walworth County sheriff’s deputy in 2012 has settled her lawsuit against the county and deputy for $1.1 million. Nancy Brown, mother of 22-year-old John Brown, filed suit in U.S. District Court in Milwaukee in May 2013 alleging Deputy Wayne Blanchard used excessive force when he…
Recent Tweets 1-9 to 1-15
by JOHN ADAMS •
As it should be – @js_newswatch: Georgia goes green & gold http://bit.ly/gzpIqS 15 Jan Greatest story — in all the world — for 1/14/11: Fox Shoots Man – Yahoo! News http://yhoo.it/hk2GVz 15 Jan Arizona Republic: Pima County sheriff should remember duty http://bit.ly/fDvrja He’s done more than enough grandstanding and speech-chilling 11 Jan Walworth County District…
Law, Police
The Institute for Justice on “Policing for Profit.”
by JOHN ADAMS •
I’ve posted before on the work of the Institute for Justice, and readers can find their website on my blogroll, on the left side of this website. They’re a libertarian public interest law firm, and they sometimes produced videos describing cases and issues in their work. They have two that they’ve recently recorded, and I’ll…
Elkhorn, Press
Update: The Secret Warrants of Walworth County
by JOHN ADAMS •
On December 28th, the Janesville Gazette published a story entitled, “Walworth County search warrants could disappear.” I posted on that astonishing possibility, in a post entitled, “The Secret Warrants of Walworth County.” Here’s what the Gazette uncovered in its original story: ELKHORN – In some Wisconsin counties, sealed court documents hold back details from search…
Elkhorn, Press
The Secret Warrants of Walworth County
by JOHN ADAMS •
Update, 2/9/10: See a follow-up post, Update: The Secret Warrants of Walworth County. A tenured surgeon walks into an operating room with a pair of chopsticks. Someone notices that the surgeon is carrying two wooden sticks instead of a scalpel. The surgeon replies, “Now that we’re having this discussion, I’ll address it.” What would you…
Elkhorn
Walworth County’s Justice Can’t Be Blind — She’s Looking for a Victim’s Wallet
by JOHN ADAMS •
We often hear that justice, personified as Justitia, is blind: that she is impartial, temperate, and reasonable. Blind, perhaps, but only to the superficial, the emotional, or the self-interested. A statue of Justitia so sculpted sits before many court houses. I don’t recall a similar statue in Walworth County, our county seat, and it’s probably…
City, Police, Press
Answers for a Reporter, and the Community, on the Larry Meyer Case
by JOHN ADAMS •
Last week, I wrote on the Larry Meyer case in a post entitled, “Questions for a Reporter, and the Community.” I had two questions about coverage of the lawsuit against Larry Meyer, the now-retired investigator of the Whitewater Police Department. My questions were directed to the reporters of the Janesville Gazette, The Week, and their…
City, Police, Press
Questions for a Reporter, and the Community
by JOHN ADAMS •
Readers of FREE WHITEWATER know that I have written about the lawsuit against Larry Meyer, former investigator of the Whitewater Police Department. This is a public matter involving the conduct of a public employee. It tells much about how that employee was supervised and managed. Most recently, in a post entitled, “Clear Information in the…
City, Police
Clear Information on the Lawsuit Against Larry Meyer
by JOHN ADAMS •
Here’s an update on the lawsuit against former Whitewater Police investigator Larry Meyer. I will offer a chronology, information on the latest legal developments, and an assessment of the coverage from Bliss Communications, publishers of the Janesville Gazette and The Week. This will be a long post, with the advantage being that it will serve…
Police
The Disappearing A.D.A.
by JOHN ADAMS •
Larry Meyer, the retired Whitewater police investigator at the center of the controversial Star Packaging raid, was involved, also, in an investigation of a local businessman who’s now suing Meyer for harassment. Both of the businesses had significant numbers of Mexican workers. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line: From The Week,…