New Trial Urged for Convicted Officer; Now-Imprisoned Prosecutor Doctored Evidence, State High Court Told

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The prosecutor who won the conviction of a former police officer for killing his wife doctored key evidence in the case, and because of that misconduct John Maloney should get a new trial, his attorney argued Wednesday before the Wisconsin Supreme Court.

But assistant Attorney General Daniel O'Brien said Maloney's appeal is based on "rumor, innuendo, half-baked conspiracy theories and half-truths."

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New Trial Urged for Convicted Officer; Now-Imprisoned Prosecutor Doctored Evidence, State High Court Told

Even if misconduct was committed by Joe Paulus, a former district attorney now doing prison time, that isn't necessarily a basis for overturning Maloney's conviction, O'Brien said.

Maloney...

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