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Changing how Wisconsin courts set bail

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

February 25, 2022

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State Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, discusses an effort to amend the Wisconsin Constitution to change the monetary bail system to consider the seriousness of criminal charges and other factors.

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