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Author Archives: Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPRCriminal justice reporting project manager

ppetrovic@wisconsinwatch.org @PhoebePetrovic

Phoebe Petrovic joined the Center in 2019 as a Report for America corps member. She is leading creation of an investigative podcast examining prosecutorial power. She formerly worked at WPR through the Lee Ester News Fellowship and was an editorial intern at “Reveal” from the Center for Investigative Reporting. She also worked as a producer for NPR’s “Here & Now” and a reporter for WCPN ideastream. Petrovic earned a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from Yale University, where she founded and led various audio projects.

ppetrovic@wisconsinwatch.org

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Madison, Wisconsin

Posted inGovernment, Health & Welfare

Wisconsin faces a ‘tangled series’ of abortion laws dating back to 1849 as it heads into a possible post-Roe future

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR June 4th, 2022June 25th, 2022 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

Top GOP lawmakers remain mum on plans if the constitutional right to an abortion is overturned — and state law banning nearly all abortions takes effect.

Posted inGovernment, Health & Welfare

Are abortions ever medically necessary? Wisconsin doctors say yes.

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR June 4th, 2022June 28th, 2022
Posted inJustice & Safety, Open and Shut

Deals Vince Biskupic made as a prosecutor and judge raise questions of fairness in Wisconsin’s justice system

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin Watch May 18th, 2022May 16th, 2022
Posted inJustice & Safety, Open and Shut

Wisconsin prosecutor campaigned on his record — but some high-profile cases had hidden flaws

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin Watch May 11th, 2022May 9th, 2022
Posted inJustice & Safety, Open and Shut

Two decades after high-profile murder trial, questions remain in the prosecution of Ken Hudson

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin Watch May 4th, 2022May 2nd, 2022
Jonathan Liebzeit is seen about a year before he participated in the murder of Alex Schaffer in 1996 with his sister Tina and mother Sarah.
Posted inJustice & Safety, Open and Shut

A horrific murder. Police helped a key witness. The prosecutor kept it secret.

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin Watch April 27th, 2022May 2nd, 2022
Left: Winnebago County District Attorney Joe Paulus appears in a Winnebago County court Aug. 30, 2002. Right: Special prosecutor Vince Biskupic gives opening statements in a 2013 trial in Oconto County Circuit Court
Posted inJustice & Safety, Open and Shut

Two prosecutors accused a man of plotting to murder one of them. Years later, a different story emerged.

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin Watch April 20th, 2022April 21st, 2022
Former Winnebago County District Attorney Joe Paulus pleads guilty to state charges of misconduct in office and conspiracy to obstruct justice at the Winnebago County Courthouse in Oshkosh on Sept. 6, 2006.
Posted inJustice & Safety, Open and Shut

The rise and fall of Winnebago County District Attorney Joe Paulus reveals the immense power of prosecutors – and how it can be abused

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin Watch April 20th, 2022May 2nd, 2022
Portrait of Dale Chu
Posted inJustice & Safety, Open and Shut

Prosecution included questionable witnesses, racial stereotype, in 2000 arson trial of Dale Chu

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin Watch April 20th, 2022April 19th, 2022
Open and Shut podcast preview
Posted inJustice & Safety, Open and Shut

Open and Shut: Podcast preview

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Bridgit Bowden / Wisconsin Public Radio April 14th, 2022April 14th, 2022
Posted inNews about Wisconsin Watch

Behind the scenes: reporting Justice Deferred

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR December 6th, 2021December 2nd, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

‘Skipping the middleman’: Defendants faced shifting demands in Outagamie County judge’s one-man drug court

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch, Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch and WPR August 28th, 2021September 29th, 2021

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