Holloway was greeted by members of the wisconsin Innocence Project who helped him regain his freedom. If you are wrongfully convicted and sent to prison. You do get compensated. But wisconsin has one of the lowest payout. With a cap of 25thousand dollars. A state lawmaker is working to change that. Cbs 58s Kristen Barbaresi joins us in the newsroom to break down those details, kristen . There is an effort to increase that cap from 25thousand to a million,but even if it became law, it might not benefit records show he had a prior felony conviction in 1986, which could limit his in eligible 3 i think we have a responsibility to help folks like that out. Representative Dale Kooyenga wants people, wrongfully convicted of crimes, to be eligible for up to 50thousand dollars for each year they spent in prison. A state legislator makes. The cap would be 1Million Dollars. Kooyenga proposed the legislation to make it happen and because exonerations dont happen a lot he says we arent talking abou
Proved that the 24 years in prison for two milwaukee Sexual Assault convictions holloway has served, should not have been. 35 20 i came in mid20s. Man, im almost 50 now. My whole life has changed. They had oldschool telephones back then, now they got computers. I dont know nothing about this fox6 obtained the criminal complaint against holloway in 1993. Two women separately identified holloway as the man who raped each at knifepoint one telli holding a butcher knife and wearing a bright scarf or handkerchief covering his face below the eyes 38 56 i was asleep in my bed. They grabbed me out of my bed and said you did it. Milwaukee attorney ray dallosto says holloways family came to him several years ago and they were pursuing the newer dna testing which would eventually rule out holloway as the attacker. The testing would be expensive and the Innocence Project helped get the tests and holloways freedom. There is a test called ystr and this test thats what the Innocence Project was able
Candidates as the focus on the general election. Good morning and welcome back to wakeup. Time now x xx adlib Weather Forecast forecast from fox6 meteorologist rob haswell we are still ahead of an approaching low and sitting firmly in a very warm and humid air mass. Overnight temperatures dropped to near the dewpoint, we have seen a bit of fog develop this morning. More sun today and again tomorrow. Hi 80s today and to near 90 on thursday. By later thursday, we expect to see some storms as a cold front cuts into the hot and humid air. Storms persist into friday but we calm just in time for the weekend. Expect a cooler, more comfortable air in place saturday and sunday and into early next week. Anchor adlibs traffic red on delays green on traffic map no delays one of the two suspects accused in the shooting of a Milwaukee Police officer in july has an arraignment and plea hearing in federal court. Prosecutors say the gun used in the shooting. Traced back to him. Deandra corinthios is li
80s today and to near 90 on thursday. By later thursday, we expect to see some storms as a cold front cuts into the hot and humid air. Storms persist into friday but we calm just in time for the weekend. Expect a cooler, more comfortable air in place saturday and sunday and into early next week. Today patch am fog. Partly sunny, warmer muggy. High 88 dewpoint 70 wind se 510 mph traffic map major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays the results are in and House Speaker paul ryan easily defeats challenger paul nehlen. Ryan won 84 to 16 percent. And now ryan says his focus is on getting republicans elected in of real frustration in this country theres a lot of anger that washington just isnt working and that it seems irrivocably broken. The people want to see congress and their elected leaders tackle our tough problems, not duck those tough problems. Theyre sick of the paralysis and their hungry for results. Ryan will face democrat ryan solen, an iraq wa
Major delays yellow on traffic map some delays green on traffic map no delays House Speaker paul ryan won big last night. He defeated challenger paul nehlen 84 to 16 percent. Night party, opting for a News Conference instead. He declined to respond to nehlens stream of attacks during the primary only referring to nehlen as a desperate candidate who wanted attention. He says his focus is on getting republicans elected in november. In times as uncertain as these, it is easy to resort to division. Its simple to prey into peoples fears. That stuff sells, but it doesnt stick. It doesnt last. Most of all it doesnt work. Around here, we look beyond the noise and the static. Democratic challenger in november. Ryan solen. So whats next for ryans challenger. Nehlan . He ended his bid with a promise. That this is just the beginning. Telling his supporters. Well be hearing from him again. And it begins my friends with the people in this room tonight. So i ask you this question, are you prepared to