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Wright has dual careers in law and fiction writing. Each plays off the other.
Steven Wright has dual careers in law and fiction writing. Each plays off the other.
Man wrongfully convicted awarded $25K, Wisconsin Claims Board decides By AP author article MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Claims Board announced Monday that it will award $25,000 to a man wrongfully convicted in a 1995 homicide later connected to a Milwaukee serial killer. Sam Hadaway was seeking the maximum compensation for a wrongful conviction under state law. The Claims Board said he was clearly innocent in 16-year-old runaway Jessica Payne's death. Police found Payne's body behind an abandoned house in Milwaukee in August 1995. Investigators arrested Hadaway and Chaunte Ott in the death,...
Claims board gives man $25,000 for 1995 wrongful conviction Follow Us Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Monday, May 10, 2021 MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Claims Board announced Monday that it will award $25,000 to a man wrongfully convicted in a 1995 homicide later connected to a Milwaukee serial killer. Sam Hadaway was seeking the maximum compensation for a wrongful conviction under state law. The Claims Board said he was clearly innocent in 16-year-old runaway Jessica Payne’s death. Polic...
Authorities seek info in decades-old case of missing Kenosha man Authorities seek info in decades-old case of missing Kenosha man Officials recently announced that remains found in 1978 were that of Dennis Regan McConn who, at 29 years old, went missing from Kenosha. KENOSHA, Wis. - For years, a John Doe cold case went unnoticed in a western Wisconsin county sheriff's evidence room. Years after authorities took another look, and with help of genealogists -- they found a name. Now, Jackson County investigators need help finding the person responsible for killing a Kenosha man decades ago, bef...