Court Watch

• 1.8 Million Hours of State Prison Overtime

  Jan 14th, 2019 by Gretchen Schuldt

  Cost $51 million in 2018, system badly short staffed, Evers seeks reform.

• Drunk Driving Offense Not Expunged, Court Rules

  Jan 9th, 2019 by Margo Kirchner

  State Supreme Court says expunged OWI conviction can count against defendants sentenced for a new offense.

• Chisholm Supports Fully Legal Pot

  Jan 2nd, 2019 by Gretchen Schuldt

  But only with adequate implementation and regulatory structures, he says.

• 41% of State Inmates Have Mental Health Issues

  Dec 14th, 2018 by Gretchen Schuldt

  Critics decry use of prisons as dumping grounds for people with mental health problems.

• Punished By Probation Agents For 20 Years

  Dec 7th, 2018 by Margo Kirchner

  Appeals court rules that man repeatedly denied probation and jailed due to gross negligence can sue.

• State Investigators Leave Teachers in Limbo

  Dec 4th, 2018 by Gretchen Schuldt

  DPI investigations may present due process problems, appeals court judge writes.

• Do Defense Lawyers Overlook Childhood Trauma?

  Nov 25th, 2018 by Margo Kirchner

  Too many fail to investigate mitigating evidence of such trauma, says national expert in MU Law School speech.

• Wood County Defendants Go Without Lawyers

  Nov 23rd, 2018 by Gretchen Schuldt

  Common practice in county is to hold preliminary hearings without a defense attorney.

• Borowski Transferred to Different Court

  Nov 19th, 2018 by Gretchen Schuldt

  Judicial rotation for circuit court judges switches him from court where he caused a furor.

• Borowski Vacates Contempt Order, Recuses Himself

  Nov 12th, 2018 by Gretchen Schuldt

  Judge backs off from case where he had defense attorney handcuffed and imprisoned.

• Borowski Under Pressure on Contempt Order

  Nov 9th, 2018 by Gretchen Schuldt

  Public Defenders Office calls on judge to vacate controversial order and jailing of lawyer.

• Court Strips Workers of $10 Million Award

  Nov 6th, 2018 by Margo Kirchner

  Federal appeals court says Pewaukee company's arbitration clause bars joint claim by employees for wage, hour violations.