No charges for Justice Prosser in (WI) high court ruckus

[PeaceNikki]

Sauk County District Attorney Patricia Barrett will not file charges in a June 13 altercation in which conservative Justice David Prosser was alleged to have put a stranglehold on liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley as the court deliberated a controversial collective bargaining law.

Barrett, the special prosecutor in the case, wrote Dane County Chief Judge William Foust on Thursday morning informing him of her decision.
"I was confident the truth would come out — and it did," Prosser said in a prepared statement. "I am gratified the prosecutor found these scurrilous charges were without merit."

Bradley, in a statement, said: "I well understand the difficulty of gaining any criminal conviction. The prosecution's burden of proof is very heavy, as it should be."

"My focus from the outset has not been one of criminal prosecution, but rather addressing workplace safety," she said. "I contacted law enforcement the very night the incident happened but did not request criminal prosecution. Rather, I sought law enforcement's assistance to try to have the entire court address informally this workplace safety issue that has progressed over the years. To that end, (Capitol) Chief of Police (Charles) Tubbs promptly met with the entire court, but the efforts to address workplace safety concerns were rebuffed."

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[Webster Green]

1. !

[markpkessinger]

2. Big surprise there n/t

[PeaceNikki]

3. The state Judicial Commission, which oversees the state's judicial ethics code,

is also investigating the incident

Not holding my breath on that one, either.

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. ....

[Supersedeas]

5. the Justice System works differently for the haves than it does for the have-nots

And we don't have it.

[digitaln3rd]

6. Of course not.

He's rich and white.

[librechik]

7. think if Prosser had tried to rape her instead of throttle her...

meh--they would have blamed it on that sexy robe she was wearing and dismissed the charges. The pwerful are exempt from the law, get over it.

[HelenWheels]

8. Conservative judges were witnesses

It was two liberal judges against three conservative witnesses. As soon as I heard the three conservative judges were witnesses I knew the case would never get to court. Prosser has been involved in more than one instance of exhibiting anger toward women. I'm very ashamed at the WI people who voted for him. It seems WI has Supreme judges who lie, how sick is that.

[pintobean]

9. kick

I posted about this earlier today. It died after 2 replies.
:hi:



:evilgrin:

[PeaceNikki]

10. Lol

I failed at being a "good citizen"