La Crosse County DA Gruenke on election fraud, Minnesota legalizing weed, OWI punishment

Hit on a lot of topics with La Crosse County District Attorney Tim Gruenke. That included Democrats taking control of state government in Minnesota and the almost certainty that recreational marijuana will be legalized, as Wisconsin barely even discusses it on a medical level. What kind of issues does that pose for law enforcement, with people traveling just a few miles to get a drug illegal in Wisconsin? Also hit on election fraud and the kind of cases La Crosse County has seen. Talked about an OWI case in Winona where the driver hit and killed a Winona State student and how that four-year prison sentence came to be and what it might have been in Wisconsin. Lastly, asked if we may take up, again, racial disparities in arrests in La Crosse County, four years after a previous study. Gruenke is part of the Criminal Justice Management Council that meets monthly and it sounds like that may be discussed this week. La Crosse County will also have a new sheriff, after the midterm election results are certified and a potential recount is finished. Gruenke talked about what a new sheriff and the DA may have to discuss as far as potential priorities and needs.

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