MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court suspended a Dane County judge for a week Tuesday for leaving court to try to arrest a hospitalized defendant herself and getting into a sarcastic ...

MADISON — A Dane County judge sentenced a man who brutally attacked a University of Wisconsin-Madison student to 30 years in prison, calling him an "extreme risk" to the public.

MADISON — A Dane County judge sentenced a man who brutally attacked a University of Wisconsin-Madison student to 30 years in prison, calling him an "extreme risk" to the public.

"I think it's very clear what he was doing that night, and he was looking for a victim." Because of that, Judge Berz concluded he was too much of a danger to the public, hence the 30-year prison time.

Judge Ellen Berz said there is no corroboration for those claims. Before sentencing, Thompson himself said he didn't want to excuse his behavior. "Though I was dealing with my own demons, I refuse to ...

Dane County prosecutors described the 2023 attack by Brandon A. Thompson, 28, on a stranger who barely survived as "one of the most horrific sexual assaults in recent memory." Circuit Court Judge ...

Citizens question the ethics and integrity of our judges. People are not confident that their cases will be decided fairly, impartially and in accordance with the law. In the best interest of our ...

“Nothing in this sentence will make the victims feel whole or give them closure,” Dane County Circuit Judge Ellen Berz said before she handed down the sentence to Marcus Hamilton, convicted by a jury ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A man convicted in a brutal beating and sexual assault that left a UW-Madison student in a coma in 2023 will spend the next 30 years in prison. "It was brutal, it was senseless, ...

Currently, about 5% of sworn-in staff members at the Dane County Sheriff's Office identify as Black, 1% as Asian, 5% as Indigenous or other, and the remaining 87% as white.

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