Is there going to be an individual I divert, or I put into treatment program, who's going to go out and kill somebody ? you bet. Guaranteed. It's guaranteed to happen. It does not invalidate the overall approach.

District Attorney John Chisholm

I put the finger on District Attorney John Chisholm and that's my obligation, that's my responsibility.

District Attorney John Chisholm

There was a public safety assessment that was done that characterized this situation as a high-risk situation. Our default position in this case because of the laws in Wisconsin is that we recommend higher amounts of cash.

District Attorney John Chisholm

We generally try about 500 matters to a jury or court trial every year. Because of the pandemic, The Waukesha victims've had to constrain some of The Waukesha victims, and that, in turn, affects other parts of the system.

District Attorney John Chisholm

We're no longer sending low-level drug offenders to state prison, but we are still sending violent criminals, and that's keeping the African-American numbers up, if we do this right, the people who are going to prison should be going to prison. The people who are going to prison are dangerous.

District Attorney John Chisholm