Attorney Criminal Law Wisconsin 
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 21, 2021
That scene came to mind when Attorney General Merrick Garland testified in Congress to assure members that he does not believe that parents protesting at school board meetings are domestic terrorists. Indeed, I raised the same concerns when the Justice Department took over rioting cases in Wisconsin, Washington, and other states.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 25, 2023
Gaige Grosskreutz who was shot in the arm by Kyle Rittenhouse during the Kenosha riots in 2020 is now suing him as well as Wisconsin police and officials. YouTube screengrab Just when you thought that the Kyle Rittenhouse case was over. it is back. Grosskreutz responded, “Correct.”
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JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 20, 2021
Moreover, while some have called for reducing self-defense protections, the jury applied the law on the books. It is not allowed to simply ignore the law to seek its own criminal justice rules. The Rittenhouse jury faithfully applied the Wisconsin law and came to a well-founded verdict of acquittal.
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 12, 2022
Oklahoma that Congress had not clearly disestablished a Creek Nation reservation covering much of eastern Oklahoma, and thus the area remained Native American territory for the purposes of a federal criminal law, eliminating the state’s ability to prosecute crimes there. Wisconsin v. Wisconsin v. relisted after the Jan.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
In coverage of this trial, one would think that there were parallel trials occurring in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Any first-year law student knows that you cannot comment on the silence of a Mirandized defendant after an arrest under the Fifth Amendment – let alone ignore a court order. Wisconsin has a strong self-defense standard.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 16, 2021
Assistant District Attorney James Kraus reviewed DeBruin’s account and asked, oddly, “We didn’t ask you to change it?” — to which DeBruin said, “Yes, you did.”. Under Wisconsin law, if someone provokes a confrontation, they are then required to exhaust all other options — such as retreating — before using deadly force in self-defense.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 12, 2022
This incident came after a judge was recently zip tied and killed in his Wisconsin home ; a former defendant in the judge’s courtroom has been charged.). Roske, according to news reports, was angry that the Supreme Court may overturn Roe v. Wade this month. He faces charges of attempting to kidnap, murder or threaten a federal judge.
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