Author: jplucas

Quoted: “It’s extremely difficult to overturn a conviction,” said Keith Findley, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School and a co-founder of the Wisconsin Innocence Project. “The system is designed to (keep convicted criminals in prison). There are all kinds of burdens and hurdles built into the system that makes it more difficult to overturn convictions.

Quoted: The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld limits on student speech, according to University of Wisconsin-Madison political scientist and law school professor Howard Schweber. However, he said districts should have to justify that such speech interferes with school discipline. It’s hard to maneuver in a time when even presidential candidates are less than civil.

Noted: Unsecured debt tends to be more expensive than secured debt, such as a mortgage or a car loan, because people generally pay higher interest rates for unsecured debt, and “it is expected to be paid off over a shorter period of time,” compared with other types of debt, said study author Lawrence M. Berger, a professor of social work at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Quoted: Dr. J. Carter Ralphe, board president of the American Heart Association in Madison and chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, said heart disease, heart attacks and cardiac arrest are the leading cause of death in America, killing about 1,000 people a day.

Noted: The individuals contributing to the growing list of vandalism against mosques are using pork predominantly because of its symbolic meaning as forbidden. But according to Corrnie Norman, a professor of religious studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison, “given the discussion going on right now, people think they can get away with doing, these things to Muslims,” she says, citing the coverage of the presidential campaigns.

Quoted: “Contact reactions are not that uncommon and can even happen with natural products,” said Dr. Apple Bodemer, assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.

Noted: But as private sector unions cratered, private sector workers, especially those without college degrees, have watched pay stagnate and work rights shrink while simultaneously bearing more of the risks of illness, unemployment, and retirement. As a result, as Kathy Cramer of the University of Wisconsin-Madison demonstrated (gated), resentment toward state workers can run deep. The belief that public sector unions are self-interested, politically influential, and exclusive supporters of Democrats compounds this resentment.

Quoted: University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student Ryan Lepak said the fingerprinting should help regulators better target the sources.

Quoted: “People this age are making decisions for the rest of their lives — like what am I going to major in for a career — and we’re asking them to do it at a time when their brains aren’t fully developed,” said Danielle Oakley, director of mental health services at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Interviewed: UW professor and blogger Laura McLay.

Quoted: “Our goal was to look at the climate where these birds were observed breeding over this period and determine where that ’sweet spot’ was moving as the climate changed in this period,” explained Brooke Bateman, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.