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Posted by Zach W on February 23, 2010, at 5:37 am
Just so we’re clear, I’m no fan of Wisconsin Act 28, which brought about sweeping reforms to Wisconsin’s Truth in Sentencing laws, including provisions that allowed for multiple early-release programs for inmates in Wisconsin prisons, including inmates convicted of violent offenses. Having made that point abundantly clear, I’d like to take at what Jessica McBride wrote [...] Posted by Zach W on February 11, 2010, at 6:02 am
Joshua Tabor, a U.S. soldier at the Lewis-McChord base in Tacoma, Washington has been arrested and charged with assault after he admitted to police to having waterboarded his four year-old daughter because she was unable to recite the alphabet. Tabor admitted to police he had used the CIA torture technique because he was angry [...] Posted by Zach W on January 28, 2010, at 6:22 am
Remember James O’Keefe, the conservative “filmmaker” who dressed as a cartoon pimp to do an undercover sting of ACORN, in the process turning himself into a darling of the Faux News Network? Well, apparently he’s back, and he’s got a great idea: illegally tapping tampering with the phones of a United States Senator: The FBI said in [...] Posted by Zach W on January 19, 2010, at 5:50 am
They could be, at least in the state of Indiana: In the wake of the dismissal of two death penalty cases in Indianapolis and the demise of National Advocacy Center, one noted defense attorney says capital punishment may be on its way out in Indiana. “I think what you see here in Marion County is a watershed [...] Posted by Zach W on January 9, 2010, at 6:22 am
This is exactly why I think some provisions of Wisconsin Act 28 were poorly implemented (emphasis mine): Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn reversed a secret policy Wednesday that allowed more than 1,700 inmates to be released from state prison early, some of whom have already been sent back for new offenses, including aggravated battery, weapons charges and [...] Posted by Zach W on January 8, 2010, at 5:59 am
Despite good news out of Milwaukee that the number of homicides in that city is hovering near a 20-year low, statewide the number of domestic violence homicides may hit a 10-year high: Posted by AL on December 30, 2009, at 10:02 am
Do The Folks who keep telling us MPS is Great as is, FOR EXAMPLE IN TODAY’s NEWS… And Then Another Child Dies… This is a failure of our system in so many ways ! But [...] Posted by Zach W on December 7, 2009, at 5:21 am
Back in September, I wrote about the reforms to Wisconsin’s Truth in Sentencing laws that were enacted as a part of Wisconsin Act 28, and at the time I noted a good number of violent felony offenses would be statutorily eligible for early release from prison and/or early discharge from extended supervision or parole. The Cap [...] |
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