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Article: Bucher defends decision
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 16, 2000
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Bucher defends decision, calls teen a liar
District attorney testifies at hearing for youth he charged with
hate crime
By LISA SINK
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Wednesday, February 16, 2000
Waukesha -- In the unusual position of sitting on the witness
stand, District Attorney Paul Bucher Tuesday defended his decision to
charge a teenager with a hate crime and called the youth a liar.
Bucher found himself on the receiving end of an aggressive
courtroom examination when Assistant State Public Defender Elizabeth
Weathers called him to testify about a telephone conversation he
recorded when the teenager called the district attorney and began
spilling his guts. During that conversation, ...