Milwaukee district attorney knew progressive sentencing reforms would kill someone

Milwaukee County’s district attorney, who has come under fire in the wake of the Waukesha Christmas parade massacre, “guaranteed” that progressive sentencing reforms he championed would result in someone ending up back on the streets who would kill.

In a 2007 interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that has subsequently come to light, John Chisholm said the reforms he was pushing to divert perpetrators of nonviolent crimes away from prison time and toward rehabilitation programs would result in someone’s death.