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Noon Wednesday: Power Over Indefinite Probation

By Marisa Wojcik | Here & Now

July 28, 2021 • Northeast Region

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An Outagamie County judge is using his authority to offer defendants alternatives to jail time, but the terms shift and are indefinite, reports Wisconsin Watch in its new investigative series "<a href="https://wisconsinwatch.org/series/justice-deferred/" target="_new">Justice Deferred</a>." Reporter Phoebe Petrovic discusses their reporting about the judge.

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