Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wisconsin
Languages : en
Pages : 810
Book Description
State of Wisconsin Blue Book
Author: Keep the Wretches in Order
Author: Dean StrangPublisher: University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 0299323307
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
Before World War I, the government reaction to labor dissent had been local, ad hoc, and quasi-military. Sheriffs, mayors, or governors would deputize strikebreakers or call out the state militia, usually at the bidding of employers. When the United States entered the conflict in 1917, government and industry feared that strikes would endanger war production; a more coordinated, national strategy would be necessary. To prevent stoppages, the Department of Justice embarked on a sweeping new effort—replacing gunmen with lawyers. The department systematically targeted the nation’s most radical and innovative union, the Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the Wobblies, resulting in the largest mass trial in U.S. history. In the first legal history of this federal trial, Dean Strang shows how the case laid the groundwork for a fundamentally different strategy to stifle radical threats, and had a major role in shaping the modern Justice Department. As the trial unfolded, it became an exercise of raw force, raising serious questions about its legitimacy and revealing the fragility of a criminal justice system under great external pressure.
Sentencing & Corrections
Author: Wisconsin Crimes
Author: David Edward SchultzPublisher:
ISBN: 9780578423142
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The purpose of this book is to provide a concise reference specifying the elements of crimes defined in the Wisconsin Statutes and indicating the applicable penalty. - p. ix.
Portraits of Justice
Author: Trina E. GrayPublisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870203452
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 105
Book Description
This volume profiles all the people who have served as Wisconsin Supreme Court justices and includes an introduction by Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson summarizing the court's history and its vision for the future.
Legal Resource Manual
Author: Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309142393
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
Scores of talented and dedicated people serve the forensic science community, performing vitally important work. However, they are often constrained by lack of adequate resources, sound policies, and national support. It is clear that change and advancements, both systematic and scientific, are needed in a number of forensic science disciplines to ensure the reliability of work, establish enforceable standards, and promote best practices with consistent application. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward provides a detailed plan for addressing these needs and suggests the creation of a new government entity, the National Institute of Forensic Science, to establish and enforce standards within the forensic science community. The benefits of improving and regulating the forensic science disciplines are clear: assisting law enforcement officials, enhancing homeland security, and reducing the risk of wrongful conviction and exoneration. Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States gives a full account of what is needed to advance the forensic science disciplines, including upgrading of systems and organizational structures, better training, widespread adoption of uniform and enforceable best practices, and mandatory certification and accreditation programs. While this book provides an essential call-to-action for congress and policy makers, it also serves as a vital tool for law enforcement agencies, criminal prosecutors and attorneys, and forensic science educators.
Standards for the Provision of Civil Legal Aid
Author: American Bar Association. Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent DefendantsPublisher: American Bar Association
ISBN:
Category : Civil law
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Eyewitness Evidence
Author: National Institute of Justice (U.S.). Technical Working Group for Eyewitness EvidencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal investigation
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Worse Than The Devil
Author: Dean A. StrangPublisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 075156625X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A bomb explodes in a police station, killing nine officers and a civilian. Those responsible are never caught, but police, press and public are quick to condemn a group of eleven immigrants. This story could have been ripped from today's headlines. In fact, it comes from a 1917 case in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; a miscarriage of justice examined for the first time by Dean Strang, the lawyer whose passionate defence of alleged murderer Steven Avery was at the heart of the hit Netflix series Making a Murderer. Days after the explosion, the eleven suspects went to court on unrelated charges. The spectre of the larger, uncharged crime haunted the proceedings and against the backdrop of the First World War and amid a prevailing hatred and fear of immigrants, a fair trial was impossible. In its focus on a moment when patriotism and terror swept the nation, Worse than the Devil exposes broad concerns that persist today, and failures in the American justice system that will resonate with anyone who has followed the Avery trial.