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Column: Improve access to municipal court records

Summary by wbanewsroom.org
Wisconsin’s municipal courts can have a significant and devastating impact on the lives of people who can’t afford to pay a citation due to poverty. Without critical legal protections, unpaid municipal citations can lead to warrants, arrests and incarceration. There is no right to counsel in Wisconsin’s municipal courts, meaning people unable to afford an attorney face court alone, compounding the cycle of poverty and punishment. These courts ri…
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wbanewsroom.org broke the news in on Wednesday, April 2, 2025.
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