The Wisconsin Sentencing Commission was established to maintain an effective, fair, and efficient sentencing system for the state of

Wisconsin Wisconsin ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michig ...

History

The Commission was eliminated in the State's 2007-09 Biennium Budget. The Commission no longer collects or analyzes sentencing guidelines worksheets. Sentencing

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s in Wisconsin are still required to consider the

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under Wisconsin statute §973.017 (2)(a), but are not required to submit guidelines

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References

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