Assembly Speaker Robin Vos on the April 4 referendum to amend the constitution to
Reform bail
A constitutional amendment on bail reform bail reform allows courts to consider more relevant factors when setting bail for violent criminals. It strikes a balance between presuming innocence, public safety, and ensuring our judges have the appropriate tools to deal with repeat violent offenders.
The city of Milwaukee broke its homicide record for the third year in a row in 2022 and according to a 2021 news investigation, 1 out of every 5 homicide suspects was already out on bail or signature bond for another felony crime.
That means 20% of violent criminals in Milwaukee are reoffending! This amendment creates a two-tier system for bail between violent crimes and all other crimes. It does not eliminate a right to bail and does not interfere with the American principle of setting reasonable bail.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 48 states allow courts to consider “dangerousness.”
Bail reform had bipartisan support in both the Assembly and the Senate. Both chambers in the Wisconsin State Legislature have approved this constitutional amendment for two consecutive legislative sessions, the amendment will now be proposed to the voters on the April ballot.
The local power struggle mirrors the divide over the national chairman
Erick Erickson:
Ronna McDaniel has done the very best she could do under circumstances that are not favorable to the RNC and has managed to build up trust between the non-Trump and pro-Trump factions within the GOP in a way very few others could thread the needle and build the relationships.” …
The problem is not really Ronna and the RNC but at the state level. They point to the problems at the state GOP level in Arizona, Georgia, and Pennsylvania. One committeewoman, who is not a Trump fan at this point, told me, “Ronna can’t fix Kelli Ward, but Ronna is fantastic at mitigating those types.”
Madison mayoral forum
Candidates Satya Rhodes-Conway, Gloria Reyes, and Scott Kerr.
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Monday, January 30
Sequoya Library Conference Room, 4340 Tokay Blvd
Join Zoom Meeting Link: https://cuwaa.zoom.us/j/91242996181
Meeting ID: 912 4299 6181
WTF are the irrational social justice warriors screaming about in our streets when there is an OBVIOUS revolving door justice system in the Madison literally enabling the criminals to walk around on our streets and do as they please?
Hey protesters; you actively trying to change a system that’s already favors criminals? You people are walking, talking, grunting, screaming, rioting imbeciles!
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Rats, I forgot to fix the editing that created the bad grammar. 😦
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A future WI Supreme Court justice, no doubt.
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A fair question, Squire: Just how DO these cut-’em-loose judges sleep at night. Most of these perps are re-arrested within weeks, if not DAYS. MOF, I ain’t sleepin’ so well myself….
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WOODCHIPPER!!!
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It’s just her “judge” job. What she has to do for a paycheck. Clear the docket and go home. Perhaps she has the special Law & Order Season 10 Netflix package with supplemental Angie Harmon outtakes. I hear two hours of Angie clears the conscious.
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Well the problem is that in Madison, which for those in power at all levels of government is the mecca of the mindless; judge Genovese is just following the marxist playbook. No matter about the little girl, Anisa Scott. Her rights and the rights of others be damned. No, what matters to those in power is power itself. Judge Genovese is a part of that power structure and in order for her to keep the power and to expand upon it to seek greater power she HAS to play the game according to the marxist rules.
Otherwise she looses the game and is no longer in power.
Unfortunately for her and others in the governmental power structure, history has proven that once a socialist or marxist revolution has come full course and the socialists or marxists have their way, there is always an inevitable shake up in the power structure much like the night of the long knives in Hitlers Germany, Stalins purges and Mao’s use of purges, the great leap forward and the cultural revolution. After all as Mao pointed out, “an insurrection is an act of violence”.
She and others in power would do well to remember that.
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C’mon man. Gun Violence was the cause not an innocent judge. Judges never get things wrong. Dont you know they are sinless.
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“I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and gosh darn it, people like me!” There! Clean conscience and restful slumber.
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Curious; how do a troubled POS miscreant thug minor and a POS miscreant thug adult with pending felonies get onto a shooting range…WITH_FREAKIN’_FIREARMS_&_AMMO???
The Gotch
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Gotch wrote, “Curious; how do a troubled POS miscreant thug minor and a POS miscreant thug adult with pending felonies get onto a shooting range…WITH_FREAKIN’_FIREARMS_&_AMMO???”
How is the range supposed to know?
To my knowledge there are absolutely no laws requiring private ranges to make criminal background checks of everyone before they are allowed to bring their own firearms into a private range.
I’m not sure if there are regulations that require criminal background checks if the range loans out a firearm to someone wanting to use the range. Knowingly putting a firearm into the hands of a felon that cannot legally posses a firearm is a crime.
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“How is the range supposed to know?”
The Gotch knows nothing about private/public shooting ranges, Steve, but when you used to work the door, you carded someone even questionably underage.
On that other thread where someone claimed to see bangers at a range they frequented, you’d think that’d raise a red flag and…um…trigger some additional scrutiny.
The Gotch
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Gotch wrote, “The Gotch knows nothing about private/public shooting ranges, Steve, but when you used to work the door, you carded someone even questionably underage.”
True. I know at ranges I frequent they take the drivers license from those that are entering their range and they have to sign a waver, they get their drivers license back as they leave the range. Again, I’m not sure of the actual regulations so as soon as I read your initial question this morning I sent out a message to someone I know that actually runs a private range asking for some information or where I could find the information I was seeking.
Gotch wrote, “On that other thread where someone claimed to see bangers at a range they frequented, you’d think that’d raise a red flag and…um…trigger some additional scrutiny.”
Yes you’d certainly think that would be true. Personally if I suspected that there were people trying to get in my range that couldn’t legally have firearms I’d turn them away and call the police with all the relevant information so the police can do their job.
If I get additional information that I can share, I’ll post it here.
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This just in…
No background check required by law for entry into a range and as long as the individual(s) doesn’t raise red flags, that I won’t list here, there is really nothing the range can legally do.
In addition I’ll say this; there are a LOT of police officers that go to private ranges all over the place and if they recognize a felon with a firearm my bet is they will do something about it either on the spot depending on the situation or afterwards. Many private ranges have video surveillance and people can be identified using that at a later date.
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C’Mon Man! Why should we need an ID to exercise a right to shoot a Gun. That’s like asking someone to show an ID when they want to vote!
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Heh! The Gotch sees what you did there, ya rascal!!
The Gotch
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So why aren’t conservative “activists” protesting outside her house at all hours of the night?
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Because they have to get up and go to work in the morning.
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Just as a point of information, Judge Genovese was not the one who set the cash bail amounts for Perion Carreon’s other recent cases. A court commissioner did that at Carreon’s initial appearances on those cases. As far as I can tell from the court records (I stopped into the courthouse to look), Carreon has yet to have a proceeding before Judge Genovese on those cases. Also, unless I’m reading it wrong, a total of $2,000 was posted on those cases, not $1,500: $1,000 on 20CF387, $500 on 20CF1265; and $500 on 20CF1730. All bail amounts were paid by some guy named Howard Switalla who lives in Wisconsin Dells. Frankly, if anyone is having trouble sleeping, it’s probably him…
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Appears it was Commissioner Mark Fremgen on the bail? I see preliminary hearing 3:30 p.m. September 14.
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