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Susan Crawford: “[Brad Schimmel] made a plea deal with the attorney in a case…”

Featuring: Susan Crawford, Judge for Branch 1 of the Dane County Circuit Court | Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 06:58

He also had a history as a district attorney of cutting plea bargains under some really questionable circumstances. One case that we have brought forward, he [Brad Schimmel] made a plea deal with the attorney in a case involving a man who had thousands of files of child pornography. The guy's attorney was giving Brad Schimmel thousands of dollars of campaign contributions at the same time that Brad Schimmel said, I'll cut a deal with you. (06:58–07:08)

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Asserts that Brad Schimmel made a plea deal in a case involving thousands of child pornography files.

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