(Kenosha County Sheriff's Office)
KENOSHA, Wis. — For those wondering how newly appointed Court Commissioner Daniel E. Kellum will treat criminal defendants, his handling of an alleged third-time drunk driver is perhaps the clearest indication yet that Kellum will be a liberal activist, soft-on-crime court commissioner. The position is one of the most consequential in the Kenosha County Circuit Court system: Kellum is among the first judicial officials to see criminal defendants after charges are filed and makes critical initial decisions about bail and conditions of release. On Wednesday, Kellum gave 27-year-old Alexandria R. Czarnecki, of Racine, no-cash bail on an OWI-3 case — and went a step further by removing the cash requirement that had already been imposed, resulting in the $850 cash bail she had already posted being returned to her. The decision came just one day after Kellum himself presided over the initial appearance of Natalie Faith Benante, 21, of Bristol, who is charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and second-degree reckless homicide after prosecutors say she drove under the influence of marijuana and caused a violent head-on crash that killed 67-year-old David A. Aiken. Kellum set Benante's bail at $200,000 cash Tuesday. Yet less than 24 hours later, when another alleged impaired driver — this one accused of OWI-3 with a 0.17 alcohol concentration — stood before him, Kellum eliminated her existing cash bail and sent her $850 back. It appears the deadly consequences of alleged impaired driving that Kellum had confronted in his own courtroom just one day earlier fell on deaf ears.
(Kenosha County Sheriff's Office)
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I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings but this guy might be retarded
Retard means slow. It’s a word. Fuck their feelings.
Kenoshas pukes, I mean judges and commissioners are an absolute joke.
This is by design to have liberal activists, um i mean prosecutors to give light sentences for crimes to make our society unsafe! I’m so sick of these liberals ruining everything in this country and this city!
This girl seems like real winner. 3 duis at 27. Nice work. You are ahead of the curve. Try Uber next time dumb fuck.
Does Daniel E. Kellum actually live in Kenosha County?
https://www.martindale.com/attorney/daniel-e-kellum-168896922/
Nothing anyone can do about it, why get all worked up?
Bail isn’t a sentence. It’s designed to make sure they show up for court. If she’s no flight risk, there’s no need for bail. The time for severity is at sentencing.
Wrong. You should read the constitutional Amendment we passed a couple years ago. It’s also meant to protect the public. Perhaps somebody who has been convicted of OWI twice and is being suspected of third, maybe the public needs to be protected from her
WI doesn’t do anything to protect the public from OWIs. They “revoke their license and order an ignition device,” but do nothing to enforce it. When the person reoffends, we read they were driving with a revoked license and failed to install the ignition device. Unless they set bail so high they stay in jail, then I fail to see how it protects us.
Lmao the ignition is literally “do this and fill out a paper once a week” and theyll never catch you, they only put the ignition device on the car registered in your name, its literally a “oh well, we’ll get ya next time” in this case. If someone has multiple DUIs, in your stupid hypothetical, i fail to see *why* bail shouldnt be set so high they stay in jail. Its either that or more dead families