Legal Question in Criminal Law in Wisconsin

No. If the State of Wisconsin has taken sufficient interest in the case to charge someone criminally, then they alone are in charge and victim's wishes are merely a suggestion. As a practical matter, it can end up being hard to prove cases with uncooperative victims, but, believe me, they have their ways of making them eventually cooperate, which can include jailing them under material witness warrants and contempt of court. All this being said, suggestions of the victim are often carefully considered, and even accepted, under the right circumstances. Those are inevitably a detailed and proper presentation of a suggested resolution by an experienced criminal lawyer, laid out is such a fashion to alleviate the concerns of both the prosecutor and the judge that the social problems leading to the offense have also been resolved.

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