Wisconsin Assembly to vote on measure to toughen court bail standards
The bail amendment was proposed in response to the Waukesha Christmas parade and the low bail defendant Darrell Brooks faced in an earlier case.
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The bail amendment was proposed in response to the Waukesha Christmas parade and the low bail defendant Darrell Brooks faced in an earlier case.
The bail amendment was proposed in response to the Waukesha Christmas parade and the low bail defendant Darrell Brooks faced in an earlier case.
Clare Amari Wisconsin Watch Darrell E. Brooks had been out of jail for just five days when he allegedly plowed a red Ford Escape into a Christmas parade in Waukesha in November, killing six people and injuring dozens more. A series of mix-ups led Brooks, 39, to be released from jail on Nov. 16 on an unusually low cash bail after a case in which he allegedly used the same SUV to run over a woman after battering her. As a prosecutor prepared to recommend bail, she lacked access to the results of Brooks’ risk assessment — a tool to help determine his likelihood of reoffending or failing to ...
By Clare Amari, Wisconsin Watch Darrell E. Brooks had been out of jail for just five days when he allegedly plowed a red Ford Escape into a Christmas parade ...
Prosecutors have presented 'ample' evidence to show Darrell Brooks Jr., 39, probably committed felonies, Waukesha County Court Commissioner Kevin Costello said.