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Police stand near toppled chairs lining W. Main St. in downtown Waukesha, Wis., after an SUV drove into a parade of Christmas marchers, Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. The trial of Darrell Brooks Jr. accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee, killing six people and wounding many more, was never going to be easy for the people who lived through it. Now it may be worse, after Brooks Jr. was allowed to dismiss his attorneys and represent himself. (John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)

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Defendant to represent himself in Wisconsin parade trial
By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press
Sun,10/02/22-9:12AM , 226 Reads
Darrell Brooks' trial was never going to be easy for the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha. Now it could hurt even more.
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Chrystul Kizer sits in the Kenosha County Courthouse on Feb. 6, 2020, in Kenosha, Wis. Wisconsin's Supreme Court is set to decide Wednesday, July 6, 2022, whether Kizer, an alleged sex trafficking victim accused of homicide, can argue at trial that she was justified in killing the man who trafficked her, a ruling that could help define the extent of immunity for trafficking victims nationwide. (Paul Williams/The Kenosha News via AP, File)

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Wisconsin court: Sex trafficking can be defense for homicide
By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press
Tue,07/05/22-9:50PM , 243 Reads
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A woman accused of killing a man can argue at trial that she was justified because he was sexually trafficking her, Wisconsin’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday in a decision that could help define the limits of legal immunity for trafficking victims nationwide.
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Fred Prehn of Wausau, Wis., is pictured on Dec. 10, 2019. Wisconsin's conservative-controlled Supreme Court handed Republicans their newest weapon to weaken any Democratic governors in the battleground state, ruling, Wednesday, June 30, 2022, that political appointees don't have to leave their posts until the Senate confirms their successor. (Paul A. Smith/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, File)

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Wisconsin's conservative high court hands GOP another weapon
By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press
Thu,06/30/22-10:46PM , 275 Reads
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's conservative-controlled Supreme Court handed Republicans their newest weapon to weaken any Democratic governors in the battleground state, ruling this week that political appointees don't have to leave their posts until the Senate confirms their successor.
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Darrell Brooks Jr. appears in Waukesha County court on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022 in Waukesha, Wis. Brooks Jr., accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee last year, killing six people and injuring dozens more, this week served notice he will try to persuade a jury that he was mentally ill during the incident and if convicted should go to an institution instead of prison. (Derek Johnson/Waukesha Freeman via AP, Pool File)

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EXPLAINER: How parade crash insanity plea will work
By TODD RICHMOND - Associated Press
Thu,06/23/22-10:50PM , 325 Reads
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