The Wisconsin Defender is the quarterly publication of the Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office. The Wisconsin Defender includes practical information for attorneys, judges and other professionals involved in the criminal justice system. The Wisconsin Defender is provided in electronic format at no cost to all Wisconsin public defenders, private bar attorneys who accept Wisconsin public defender appointments, all Wisconsin judges, and other interested readers. The Wisconsin Defender is also available in paper format to prison inmates for a nominal fee.

Current Issue: Winter/Spring 2005
Printable Version of the Winter/Spring 2005 Issue

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Features:

Sentence Modification and Early Release for TIS Inmates
By: Meredith Ross

Some Thoughts on a Strategy for Defending an Arson Case in Wisconsin
By: Dennis Verhaagh

News Briefs
Avery Task Force Issues Recommendations
DOJ Announces Eyewitness Identification Recommendations

Criminal Jury Instruction Committee Report
By: Charles Vetzner

In Every Issue:

Case Digest
By: Bill Tyroler

Recent Law Review Articles

Review Granted in the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Training Calendar

Website of the Month