UW experts weigh in on use of defendant-risk assessment tool by Wisconsin judges

The Wisconsin Supreme Court may review the constitutionality of a tool used by state judges to help determine the level of risk a defendant poses to a community. After receiving a six-year prison sentence for stealing a car and fleeing from an officer in his 2013 case, Eric Loomis appealed because the judge sentencing him cited … Continue reading UW experts weigh in on use of defendant-risk assessment tool by Wisconsin judges