Conservatively Speaking
State Senator Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin) represents parts of four counties: Milwaukee, Waukesha, Racine, and Walworth. Her Senate District 28 includes New Berlin, Franklin, Greendale, Hales Corners, Muskego, Waterford, Big Bend and parts of Greenfield, East Troy, and Mukwonago. Senator Lazich has been in the Legislature for more than a decade. She considers herself a tireless crusader for lower taxes, reduced spending and smaller government.
The use of a tape recording in case of abused boy on school bus is upheld
By Mary Lazich
Monday, Jun 16 2008, 02:08 PM
I am very pleased to learn that the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled a tape recording capturing Milwaukee Public Schools bus driver Brian Duchow’s statements as he abused a boy with Down syndrome could be used in court. The boy’s parents, suspecting he was being threatened and abused, placed a tape recorder in their son’s backpack.
Duchow’s conviction in a Milwaukee County Circuit Court was overturned by an appellate court that ruled the tape recording should have been inadmissible. The state Supreme Court has now ruled the tape recording was allowable.
I have been very close to this case, working with the boy’s parents on a bill I authored on school bus safety that became law in 2004.
Here is more background from the Attorney General’s office and an article about the case from the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel.
