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Wisconsin has several new laws this week that are aimed at dealing with the increasing use of heroin and the prevalence of heroin addiction.

Justice is Blind. The Law Applies Equally to All. Everyone is Treated Fairly in our Justice System.

This week a young client who works as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) emailed to tell me that the nursing home she worked for had reinstated her at work with back-pay.

For 21 years, I’ve worked as an attorney in a state whose criminal justice system is the best in the country at incarcerating African American men. It’s a national holiday today, commemorating the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and I just can’t square this.

In 2008, Craig Mastantuono and Rebecca Coffee supported then-State Representative and now-Judge Pedro Colon in his campaign for Milwaukee City Attorney.

Defense lawyers often complain that police testify falsely in court proceedings in order to serve their own purposes.

From today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, describing a criminal law bill winding its way through the Wisconsin legislature:

As happens every few years, new laws are being floated in the Wisconsin legislature aimed at toughening Wisconsin's OWI/DUI drunk driving laws.

Craig Mastantuono was asked to speak to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) on trial practice in sexual assault cases.

Earlier this week, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ran a story about a tragic case spanning Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties where a drug case defendant who was participating in the Milwaukee County Drug Treatment Court now stands accused...