Category: Justice Deferred

Outagamie County Circuit Judge Vincent Biskupic has given dozens of defendants open-ended arrangements that, in some cases, lengthen their entanglement with the criminal justice system. While Biskupic’s attorney defends the practice, some experts told Wisconsin Watch and WPR it is, at best, a gray area in criminal law. Biskupic is pictured in 2018 at the Outagamie County courthouse in Appleton, Wis.(Credit: Danny Damiani/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)


Wisconsin Watch’s Justice Deferred series, a collaboration of Wisconsin Watch and WPR, looks at the unusual sentencing practices of Outagamie County Circuit Judge Vincent Biskupic.
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‘Skipping the middleman’: Defendants faced shifting demands in Outagamie County judge’s one-man drug court

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch and WPR Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

The judge says it met a need, but the self-styled program lacked structure and meant longer punishments for some.