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March 16, 2021 – The Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled (4-3) that a defendant may seek discovery of Wisconsin-specific data in a Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) database to challenge his status as a sexually violent person.
In 2016, the state petitioned to commit Anthony Jendusa as a sexually violent person, and a licensed psychologist testified that Jendusa was considered a sexually violent person under the statutory definition in Wis. Stat. Chapter 980.
The psychologist assessed Jendusa’s likelihood of engaging in future acts of sexual violence using sex-offender risk assessments, which are based on recidivism data collected on sex offender population groups in Canada and Denmark.
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Hickory Man Arrested on Warrant from Wisconsin
Jeffrey Lee Vang
Hickory Man Arrested on Warrant from Wisconsin
March 15, 2021
29-year-old Jeffrey Lee Vang of 10th Avenue Drive S.W. in Hickory was arrested by Catawba Co. Sheriff’s Officers Friday (March 12) on a felony warrant as a fugitive awaiting extradition to another state. Vang is wanted by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections on charges from La Crosse County, Wisconsin for a parole violation stemming from a conviction for aggravated battery with intent to inflict bodily harm.
Vang was jailed in the Catawba Co. Detention Facility where he is being held without bond. A first appearance in District Court was scheduled today (March 15) in Newton.
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The prison’s handling of the pandemic has given him another reason not to trust the prison or the medical staff, he said. Still, London says he is eager for the coronavirus vaccine. He is scared of dying in prison.
“Since the onset of this pandemic I have feared for my health and safety,” he said.
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In roughly 35 states, people in prison could be among the first to receive the coronavirus vaccine. So far, roughly 63,000 incarcerated people across the country have been immunized, according to data compiled by the Marshall Project and the Associated Press.
The Marshall Project surveyed incarcerated people in state and federal prisons In January and February to understand attitudes toward vaccination. The majority of the roughly 136 respondents said they would get vaccinated when they can. Even wary prisoners were open to vaccination, the Marshall Project survey showed. Most respondents said they’d get vaccinated if their question