criminal justice

Take a look back at WPF's top five findings from 2025 on various issues facing Wisconsin.

Jurors handed down the verdict against Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on Thursday after deliberating for six hours. She faces up to five years in prison when sentenced.

WUWM analyzes the politics and the legal issues in the federal criminal trial of Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan. Her trial begins Monday, Dec. 15.

November third to the sixth, The community and partnering organizations hold events sparking conversation on Wisconsins justice system

A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum examines the state of Milwaukee County’s youth justice system, comparing data from before and after the COVID pandemic.

WUWM's Maria Peralta-Arellano participated in a U.S. Justice Department-based simulation about what it’s like to start from scratch when get out of prison and find yourself on community supervision.

CCAP. Four letters. One site. And an oversized impact on Wisconsin. The state’s most popular open record database lets you look up court records of anyone you’d like. And many people do. Sometimes, they learn more than they were expecting.

Milwaukee County’s district attorney has long sought to keep its "Brady List" secret. The list has the names of law enforcement officers with histories of credibility concerns or past crimes. A months-long, collaborative report examines what was being hidden from public view for so long.

A Milwaukee woman who argued she was legally allowed to kill a man because he was sexually trafficking her has pleaded guilty to homicide. Prosecutors allege Chrystul Kizer shot Randall Volar at his Kenosha home in 2018 when she was 17.

Freelance reporter Steven Potter spoke with several local FBI agents and even went through the FBI’s Citizens Academy to learn what goes on. Here's what he found out.