Wisconsin Gov and Atty General Side with Sex Offender — Ex-DA Ken Kratz

Updated - Madison, Wisconsin — Reaction to the Brendan Dassey clemency petition filed this week with Gov Tony Evers (D) reveals much about the Democratic Party of Wisconsin's refusal to stand up against wrongful convictions.

Every Democratic Party of Wisconsin elected official — every municipal, county, state and federal elected official — is silent to the wanton state cruelty inflicted upon the innocent.

After repeated efforts by WISC TV (Madison) asking Evers for comment on the Dassey petition, Gov Mush finally allowed that "We give every pardon application careful review and consideration."

Wow. That's progress.

But nothing from Evers about the grotesque interrogation of a cognitively and linguistically challenged 16-year-old Dassey thrown to two tree jumpers doubling as Wisconsin law enforcement. Nothing about the prosecution perpetrated by the sex offender, serial liar, the disgraced ex-district attorney Ken Kratz.

Evers as governor is vested with the constitutionally unqualified power to grant a pardon and commutation with the stroke of a pen for any or no reason, (Article V, Section 6 of the Wisconsin Constitution). Whatever criteria Evers may think "proper" are all that drive legal consideration of petitions. Pardons and commutations are Evers' decision and Evers' alone.
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Evers is in bad company with Wisconsin Attorney General Joshua Kaul (D).

Kaul is actively defending the conviction of Steven Avery, alleged to be Dassey's conspirator by the sex offender Kratz.

Kaul even defends the work of Calumet County Sheriff Deputy Jeremy Hawkins, Sheriff Mark Wiegert, and DoJ attorneys Thoman Fallon and Norman Gahn who illegally conspired to destroy evidence that they claimed is the biological remains of a murder victim. [That state appellate case is State v. Steven A. Avery, 2017AP002288. For updates, see Workwith KZ.]

Wisconsin puts on a sad show in it routine destruction of lives by corrupt law enforcement. But thanks to the work of four women, Evers, Kaul and every other Democratic Party do-nothing cannot say they didn't know about the sick pursuit of and crimes perpetrated against the innocent.

"This gentle human being is Brendan Dassey, he does not have a violent bone in his body." Katerina Majerczak

Brendan's supporters were not swayed by a movie. MAM was a point of entry but many used it to dig deeper into the case. Others like me, @lauranirider, Seth Waxman, Dr. Sally Miles, 4 federal judges, et al. dug deep & found injustice in the record. Dig deep, Gov. Evers. Dig deep.

— Steven A Drizin (@SDrizin) October 4, 2019

Brendan humbles every person who is fortunate to know him. We care, because he is innocent, we care because of who Brendan is #BringBrendanHomehttps://t.co/etTsviPqys

— Tracy Keogh (@TracyKeogh2) October 4, 2019

So WI Department of "Justice" doesn't care about justice in Brendan's case. They want him to rot in prison because they can't admit they went after innocent 16 yr old boy to convict his uncle.#makingamurderer#cjreform https://t.co/hLxeFy3MfC

— Jerome Buting (@JButing) May 10, 2018

To read the petition and other extensive documents related to the Dassey case, see Laura H. Nirider, Robert J. Dvorak, Steven A. Drizin and Seth P. Waxman.