(Source: Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown LLP) Heroin addiction is growing in Wisconsin and throughout the nation, and lawmakers are attempting to discourage this through the adoption of harsh legal penalties. Just this past June, a 36-year-old woman was sentenced to five years in prison for reckless homicide after providing heroin to a man that overdosed. She was not accused of being a drug dealer, but was still charged and imprisoned for homicide for providing heroin which resulted in death. What Is Reckless Homicide in Wisconsin? You can be convicted of first degree reckless homicide in Wisconsin, which is a...
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