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Cecelia Klingele on Wisconsin's cash bail amendment proposal

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

March 31, 2023

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University of Wisconsin Law School professor Cecelia Klingele explains two questions appearing on the spring 2023 ballot that would amend the state constitution to change how courts impose cash bail.

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