In the United States, we incarcerate more of our population than any other country in the world. In fact, while the U.S. makes up less than 5% of the world’s population, it is responsible for locking up almost 25% of all the prisoners in the world. Even if the system...
probation
Be careful to raise no new issues at your probation hearings
If you end up being convicted of a crime, there's a fair chance that part of your sentence will involve probation. Probation allows you to be released into the community instead of serving all of your sentence in jail -- but you must meet certain conditions. If you...
Police make drug charges against two young adults in Janesville
When a report of a Wisconsin arrest on drug-related offenses is publicized, it often sounds ominous, and certainly drug charges are serious business. But initial media reports of drug trafficking and other allegations are usually not much more than summaries of police...
Former PI from Monona arrested for possessing child pornography
Allegations of Internet sex crimes involving child pornography are front page news here in Wisconsin and throughout the country. Law enforcement authorities regularly monitor peer-to-peer networks on the Internet, looking for evidence that child pornography has been...