Recently, the legislature passed a measure to change how bail is determined in Wisconsin. It has passed twice in consecutive legislative sessions, which means that it will now head to our April ballot as a constitutional amendment. How bail is determined is critically...
Month: January 2023
Supreme Court to decide if you can be punished after an acquittal
This may come as a shock. Being acquitted of a crime doesn’t mean you can’t be punished for committing it. People can and do get punished for crimes they got acquitted of committing. It happens when a person is charged with more than one crime. If they are acquitted...
Garland: feds to stop using the crack/powder sentencing disparity
There is good news for people facing federal charges for distributing crack cocaine. According to Attorney General Merrick Garland, federal prosecutors will no longer seek longer sentences for crack offenders than they do for powder cocaine defendants. Since the...