Prosecutor accepts Wis. Supreme Court choke case

[Yon_Yonson]

TODD RICHMOND Associated Press JournalTimes.com | Posted: Monday, August 15, 2011 12:57 pm

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A rural prosecutor will decide whether to charge Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser with attacking a liberal colleague.

Sauk County District Attorney Patricia Barrett said Monday she has accepted a request from Dane County's chief judge to serve as a special prosecutor in the case. Now she must weigh Justice Ann Walsh Bradley's accusations that Prosser choked her in June and decide whether to bring criminal charges against a sitting member of Wisconsin's highest court.

Barrett, a Republican, said she's still waiting for Dane County Sheriff's detectives to forward their reports to her and didn't know when she might make a decision.

http://www.journaltimes.com/news/local/state-and-regional/article_3c9a5044-c768-11e0-8346-001cc4c03286.html

[undeterred]

1. I still can't believe we have a supreme court justice who chokes another justice.

[HereSince1628]

2. Welcome to Wisconsin, throttling justice to be business friendly

[Yon_Yonson]

3. It's official: Justice for sale in Wisconsin

"Justice Prosser's commitment is to the oath of office. By no means would any contractual obligation (with a lawyer) cloud that obligation." Brian Nemoir, campaign director for Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser.

Some statements are so ridiculous — and utterly abhorrent to the concept of an independent judiciary — that they deserve immediate rejection from anyone looking for a fair hearing when they have their day in court. Prosser, who recently won re-election to the high court after a bruising campaign and divisive recount last spring, raised $272,887 in campaign contributions during the recount period.

He spent more than $75,000 on legal services at the Troupis Law Office, which has a major First Amendment case before the court, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The newspaper reports attorney Jim Troupis is representing tea party groups and other conservatives in a case they brought last year to halt state regulations on political speech.

http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20110816/OSH0602/108160353/Editorial-s-official-Justice-sale-Wisconsin?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp