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Tom Tiffany Blew the Whistle on Tony Evers' Soft-on-Crime Executive Order That Puts Wisconsin in Danger

Amy Curtis
Amy Curtis  |  April 14, 2026 1:15 PM

It sure seems like Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, who is not seeking reelection, is determined to turn the Dairy State into the Midwest version of California before he leaves office early next year. Evers just issued an executive order that would allow a Commutation Advisory Board to seek early release of violent, dangerous criminals.

This includes criminals serving life sentences. They are now eligible for release after just 20 years and include offenses such as sexual assault, physical abuse of a child, sexual exploitation/trafficking of a child, incest, and soliciting a child for prostitution.

Murderers would also be eligible for early release.

In 1994, Milwaukee Police Officer William Robertson was gunned down by Curtis Walker, who ambushed Robertson and shot him with a high-powered rifle as Robertson drove past in a police van. Robertson left behind a wife who was pregnant with twins.

Walker was sentenced to prison until 2071.

Under Evers' new executive order, Walker can now be released.

But Evers has already been releasing violent criminals into our communities. This includes more than 300 murderers or attempted murderers and more than 40 child rapists.

Rep. Tom Tiffany, who is running to replace Evers as Governor, outlined some of these monsters.

This includes Randolph Whiting, who raped a Green Bay woman named Margaret Anderson before murdering her and throwing her body in a manure pit. He was released by Evers' Parole Commission in 2020, and he's already back in custody.

His crime was called the "most brutal murder in Green Bay history."

Terrance Shaw raped, strangled, and murdered La Crosse mother of two Susan Erickson.

He was released in 2021.

In 2019, Evers released Wilson Brook, who killed Burlington Police Sergeant Anthony Eilers in 1962. Brook shot Eilers five times and then tried to push his body and patrol car off a cliff.

Neither the Burlington Police nor Eilers' son were notified of his release.

In 1986, John Ekornaas and Steven Kinney were murdered at a Pleasant Prairie gas station. Their killer, Spriggie Hensley, was handed two life sentences plus ten years for the crime. Ekornaas and Kinney were killed over drug money, and Ekornaas' body was set on fire while he was still breathing.

Ekornaas' sister, Danielle, who was 12 at the time of the murder, learned about Hensley's release on social media.

The two frontrunner Democrats in the governor's race, Francesca Hong and Mandela Barnes (who was also Evers' Lt. Governor) hae both vowed to cut Wisconsin's prison population in half.

Tiffany is vowing not to let this happen if he wins the election.

Wisconsin voters deserve safe streets and safe communities. The Democrats do not want to give us either, and instead are enacting policies that let violent, dangerous criminals free from prison and put our communities at risk.