The Wisconsin Defender is the quarterly publication of the Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office. The Wisconsin Defender includes practical information for attorneys, judges and other professionals involved in the criminal justice system. The Wisconsin Defender is provided in electronic format at no cost to all Wisconsin public defenders, private bar attorneys who accept Wisconsin public defender appointments, all Wisconsin judges, and other interested readers. The Wisconsin Defender is also available in paper format to prison inmates for a nominal fee.

Current Issue: Winter/Spring 2008

** Printable Version of the Winter/Spring 2008 Issue

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Features:

"But we’ve always done it this way!" A Progressive Approach to Police Interview and Interrogation Training
        By: Detective John Tedeschini

Selling Confession: The Interrogator, the Con Man, and their Weapons of Influence
        By: Deborah Davis, Ph.D.

Motion to Suppress: Attacking the Voluntariness of a Confession in Wisconsin
        By: Attorney Alejandro Lockwood

Cross Examining Police in False Confession Cases
        By: Attorney Deja Vishny

In Every Issue:

Case Digest

Recent Law Review Articles

Review Granted in the Wisconsin Supreme Court

Training Calendar