MADISON, Wis. — A bill that would reform Wisconsin’s controversial John Doe law cleared a major hurdle this week. State Rep. Jim Ott, R-Mequon, chairman of the Assembly’s Judiciary Committee, has placed Assembly Bill 68 on the agenda for the committee’s executive committee. The reform proposal could soon be added to the Legislature’s fall floor session for debate. “I am pleased Chairman Ott has made passing our important John Doe reforms out of his committee a priority before the legislature reconvenes this fall,” state Rep. David Craig, R-Big Bend, the bill’s author, said in a statement. “Legislation protecting civil liberties...
