Target 2 Investigates: Disappearing drunk driving charges in Waupaca County
Source: WBAY, ABC affiliate in Green Bay, WI
WAUPACA COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) Arrested and charged for drunk driving, but walking away with a slap on the wrist. These are the kinds of tips Target 2 has been receiving the last few months.
Tipsters have been asking us to investigate if and how this could happen in Northeast Wisconsin.
Target 2 Investigates started digging through records and uncovered what judges, prosecutorsand even defense attorneysdescribe as stunning.
Read more: http://wbay.com/2016/05/16/target-2-investigates-disappearing-drunk-driving-charges-in-waupaca-county/
I smell a "good ol' boy" network.
Or an incompetent and/or lazy prosecutor.
NJCher
(35,421 posts)Demoralizing to the officers, and it says so at the end.
Cher
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)I've seen both in action here in Texas.
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)Also it is possible corruption is covering up other corruption - may be WHO the perps are, WHO they know, and WHAT they know.
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)Many years ago I got a ticket in a rural Texas county. The state trooper instructed me to call a number for the adjudication. Turns out the number was the home number of the county judge, and he tells me to mail him a check sent to his home address, and made out to him personally. After doing so the ticket never showed up on my drivers license. I'm pretty sure the money never made it to the county. I've heard similar tales from lots of other people here in Texas.
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)But I could be wrong. I am sure some of them are "good people." A la Mr. Trumpy.
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)Look at Roy Moore in Alabama. Even after he was black balled as judge the first time, they re-elected him with predictable results.
So it's very telling how wingnuts claim the Constitution is a sacred document, but can't manage to demonstrate respect for it.