Legal Opinion
Piaskowski v. Casperson
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided January 8, 2001No. 2:99-cv-01428PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
GORDON, District Judge.
Thomas Monfils worked at the James River paper mill in Green Bay, Wisconsin until November 21, 1992, when an unknown number of his coworkers beat him nearly to death, tied a heavy weight to his neck, and dumped his unconscious body into a vat of paper pulp to die. Six defendants were convicted of participating in the murder, including petitioner Michael Piaskowski, who seeks a writ of habeas corpus.
No physical evidence tied Mr. Piaskow-ski to the crime, no testifying witness saw him participate in it, no one confessed, there was no testimony from the…
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