WiSAKI News

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today is celebrating two years of Wisconsin’s sexual assault kit (SAK) tracking system. Since its inception in May 2022, 3,458 SAKs have been entered into the SAK tracking system.

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MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul and the Madison Police Department today announced that Aidison Yang, age 41 of Eagan, Minnesota, has been arrested and charged with three counts of First Degree Sexual Assault.

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 MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced the launch of Track-Kit, a statewide sexual assault kit (SAK) tracking system.

New law to help prevent a future backlog of sexual assault kits in Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced that Kevin J. McDowell, age 37, has been charged with charged with two counts of Second Degree Sexual Assault by Use of Force and one count of Kidnapping.

MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul announced today that Dane County Judge David Conway sentenced Joachim M McKnight to 3 years, 6 months in prison for the assault of a teenage victim that occurred in March 1994.

 Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced updates detailing Wisconsin’s progress in obtaining justice for survivors of sexual assault and the prosecution of perpetrators. The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) has procured software in order to launch a sexual assault kit tracking system, accessible to survivors, by the end of the year, and is currently conducting a census of sexual assault kits in the state.

MADISON, Wis. - Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced updates detailing Wisconsin’s progress in obtaining justice for survivors of sexual assault and the prosecution of perpetrators now that all sexual assault kits designated for testing have been tested.

Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced that Rock County Judge Karl R. Hanson accepted Jason A. Smith’s Guilty by No Contest plea for two counts of Second Degree Sexual Assault of a Child that occurred in July of 2000.

Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced that Waupaca County Judge Troy L. Nielsen sentenced Leroy R. Whittenberger to 25 years in prison, followed by 15 years extended supervision, on three counts of Second Degree Sexual Assault for the assault of a teenage victim that occurred in July 2012.

Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced that a jury in Waupaca County convicted Leroy R. Whittenberger of three counts of Second Degree Sexual Assault, class C Felonies, for the assault of a teenage victim that occurred in July 2012.

Attorney General Josh Kaul today announced the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged Terence D. Blackmon of Plover, Wis. with Second Degree Sexual Assault for an incident that occurred in May 2012 in Stevens Point, Wis.

Attorney General Josh Kaul announced today new data is available detailing Wisconsin’s progress in ending the backlog of sexual assault kits.

The attorney general announced today that a major milestone has been reached as testing has been completed on all sexual assault kits initially inventoried and designated for testing in Wisconsin’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (WiSAKI).

The attorney general announced today that Wisconsin’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (WiSAKI), a statewide effort to address the decades-long accumulation of previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits (SAKs) that were in the possession of local law enforcement agencies and hospitals, has completed inventorying all of these kits, collected those designated for testing, and submitted them to contracted laboratories for testing. Testing will be complete by the end of 2018.

The attorney general announced today that  Wisconsin’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (WiSAKI), a statewide effort to address the decades-old accumulation of previously unsubmitted sexual assault kits that were in the possession of local law enforcement agencies and hospitals, will complete testing by the end of 2018 and two additional labs have been contracted to test these kits.

MADISON, Wis. -  the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched a website dedicated to keeping the public updated on Wisconsin’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (WiSAKI).