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Wisconsin Sex Crime Charges & Criminal Trials

Sex Offender Registry

When Wisconsin enacted the Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification Law in 1997, all people convicted of certain sex crimes were required to register with authorities. The Sex Offender Registration, like the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access System (C-CAP), is open to the general public, the police authorities and potential employers.

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Social Norms & Sex Crime Trials

Sex crime charges often bring about reactions within the accused person's community. The media attention focused on any sexual offense is usually immense. Past media has caused many people to expect and believe the worse case scenario despite the fact that they may have known the alleged defendant for many years. That social stigma exists and it cannot be overcome by a mere statement or two. A jury is comprised of humans, so those perceptions also exist in the jury box; when the defendant goes to trial, the charges may have been tried in the minds of the community, so it often requires a tremendously zealous defense attorney to overcome general perception, as well as jury biased.

When you need that type of defense, it may help to know that Attorney Chris Van Wagner won an outright acquittal in a case involving multiple counts of sexual assaults and tried in a small town in western Wisconsin where the accused had been a member of the community for many years. The prosecuting attorney claimed to have overwhelming evidence that the accused had committed a sexual assault upon his granddaughter. Indeed, the prosecuting attorney presented a wealth of evidence, medical testimony, and strung the trial out for an entire week. But he didn't overwhelm the jury. Attorney Chris Van Wagner helped the jury look beyond the emotions involved in the case, beyond the emotions erupting in the lives of each and every person involved in the case, and beyond the biases or preconceived paranoia of sexual abuse occurring in a town where people seldom even lock their doors. The jury looked to the evidence, to the facts presented by both sides, and for all intents and purposes, trusted Attorney Chris Van Wagner not to lead them astray, but rather to help them understand the law and how to apply the law to his client. Frank Pintz was acquitted on all counts of sexual assault and sex with the same minor child.

In another case involving a child care provider whose husband was admittedly having sexual relations with the children under the provider's care, the state of Wisconsin prosecuting attorney recommended a 10-year prison sentence for the provider who was not involved in any of the sexual assaults. With children of her own, a victim herself of her husband inappropriate and illegal behavior, a prison sentence meant the end to life as she knew it - forever. She consulted with Attorney Tracey Wood and asked Tracey to help her. Attorney Wood's national reputation for post conviction motions had been well earned through many trials and criminal appeals. Once again, Attorney Wood successfully overcame a very harsh sentence for her client who was sentenced to probation and allowed to be at home to raise her children, rather than in a state prison with her children in a foster home or adopted to another family.

Those types of results are not occasional to Attorney Chris Van Wagner and Attorney Tracey Wood of Van Wagner & Wood, S.C., rather, they are typical, which is not to say that there are any promises implied that your results will be the same, but by placing your case in their competent hands, you can be reassured that you have done all that is possible to ensure the best possible outcome given all circumstances.

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If you are a suspect in a child pornography case, if you have been arrested for child pornography, or if you have been convicted of a child pornography crime and want to appeal your conviction or sentence, please contact the attorneys at Van Wagner & Wood right away.

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