Milwaukee County, WI – The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office refused to prosecute more than 60 percent of the felony charges police forwarded for prosecution last year.
Prosecutors refused to pursue charges in more than 80 percent of misdemeanor filings in December of 2020 alone, Wisconsin Right Now reported.
These statistics stemmed from cases that were rejected after being filed, which means the total number of cases Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm’s office refused to file is even higher, according to Wisconsin Right Now. The number of dropped cases, referred to as “no process” cases, was up approximately 10 percent overall in 2020 versus 2019.
Milwaukee Police Association (MPA) President Dale Bormann said the number of cases Chisholm’s office is refusing to prosecute has become “ridiculously high,” Wisconsin Right Now reported.
“It decreases the officers’ and detectives’ morale,” Bormann noted in April. “[When people] are not charged after doing a crime, they get out there and continue to do crime. It brings down the city as a whole.”
Fewer prosecutions have led to a sharp decrease in the Milwaukee County jail population, which has been an agenda item for Chisholm since the beginning, Wisconsin Right Now reported.“There are a lot of people roaming […]
Read the whole story at policetribune.com
Looks like ONE gets to take the Law in their own hands !!! Too much Power then !!!
Prosecute the DA then !!!! SOLVED
let them burn Milwaukee to the ground and see if they change their minds
The left wants gun manufacturers to be held liable for any deaths that occur from one of their guns. If that’s their train of thought, then the liberal DAs need to be open for lawsuits when their policies result in criminals on the street who shouldn’t be, end up killing others.