criminal justice

Veterans Treatment Court is a place where some veterans who've gotten into legal trouble can focus on rehabilitation rather than punishment, and where the approach is tailored to vets.

The Wisconsin Policy Forum explores the current state of Milwaukee County's criminal justice system as it recovers from the pandemic.

Chrystul Kizer is charged with first degree intentional homicide for shooting the man who trafficked her when she was a child. The case is scheduled for motion hearings to determine pre-trial issues in late September.

It's part of Marquette's growing prison education program, which for the first time is including jail guards in its class roster.

More than half of the criminal cases in Milwaukee County never make it to a trial, instead they end in a plea deal. An expert explains what plea deals are, how they work and what's the impact.

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel crime reporter Ashley Luthern joins Lake Effect's Audrey Nowakowski to explain what parole is, how it works, and what a governor can and cannot do when it comes to releasing people on parole under Wisconsin's truth in sentencing system.

As election day approaches, Wisconsinites are constantly seeing political attack ads. The topic of cash bail has been coming up in a lot of those ads — particularly in the U.S. Senate race. But what does cash bail actually mean?

Months after a Waukesha County Judge denied Darrell Brooks’ request to bring in outside jurors, a jury of 16 white people were selected Tuesday.

A local defense attorney says the opening statement may be challenging for defendant Darrell Brooks.

Judge Jennifer Dorow says Darrell Brooks has been too disruptive to be in trial courtroom.