Waukesha County DA Candidates Slam Soft-on-Crime Policies Under Tony Evers

This is story 1 in WRN’s 7-part series on the Waukesha County District Attorney’s race, based on the recent DA debate sponsored by the Republican Party of Waukesha County.The two candidates for Waukesha County district attorney slammed the soft-on-crime philosophy under Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, saying it is imperiling safety in the county.Evers’ weak approach to crimefighting and the damage it’s doing to Waukesha County and the rest of the state was one area that Lesli Boese and Michael Thurston, both deputy DAs in the office, agree on. Both are career prosecutors who are running as Republicans in the Aug. 13 primary to replace retiring DA Susan Opper. They spoke at an often contentious June 19 debate. The debate, the first in the race and perhaps the only, was sponsored by the Republican Party of Waukesha County. Thurston slammed the lack of revocation for people on probation and parole who commit new crimes; Boese slammed Evers’ early release stances.More than 11,000 inmates have...