The Crime Report

APRIL 21, 2022

Advocates are pushing states to create updated felony standards, arguing that outdated laws, which vary wildly from state to state, are unfairly making felons out of people who committed minor crimes such as stealing a pair of shoes, reports Axios.

Felony 52

Felony Misdemeanor Laws 52

JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2022

There is a controversy at the University of Wisconsin this week after the Dane County District Attorney’s Office in Wisconsin filed misdemeanor battery charges against three teens suspected in the brutal assault of a UW-Madison Chinese PhD student. The reason, however, appears a key distinction in the Wisconsin criminal code.

Misdemeanor 35

Misdemeanor Felony Criminal Law Court 35

The Crime Report

AUGUST 24, 2021

Wisconsin is one of a half-dozen states considering umpire and referee protection legislation this year. Wisconsin is one of a half-dozen states considering umpire and referee protection legislation this year. At least 20 states already have laws providing special criminal penalties for attacks—including verbal ones—against referees.

Misdemeanor 98

Misdemeanor Sports Felony Laws 98

The Crime Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

This year’s rich harvest brings the total number of criminal record reforms enacted in the past three years to over 400 separate laws,” the report said, celebrating what it said was a bipartisan commitment to end “unwarranted discrimination” against the formerly incarcerated. not disenfranchising at all).

Felony 98

Felony Misdemeanor Laws Government 98

JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. Criminal laws are supposed to be interpreted narrowly.

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Statute Misdemeanor Criminal Law Felony 59