You Can Tell Wisconsin is a Very Liberal Place

In Idaho, I think this woman would have been given an award, not arrested. From the August 17, 2007 Minneapolis Star-Tribune:

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. — A Sheboygan woman stabbed a 17-year-old several times with a kitchen knife after learning he had sexually assaulted her 8-year-old daughter.

Sheboygan police released new details about the case Friday after arresting the woman a day earlier. Initial reports indicated the woman stabbed the boy to stop the assault.

The teen remained hospitalized with arm and leg wounds, Lt. Jeff Johnston said.

A 30-year-old man discovered the teen assaulting the girl Thursday and struck him with a shovel, house fan and other objects as he pulled him from the child's bedroom, according to the statement police released Friday.

The girl's mother and her boyfriend came into the apartment to stop the fight and only later learned what it was about. When the woman and teen were alone, she picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed him several times, the statement said.

She was arrested but has not yet been formally charged with a crime. Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco is reviewing the case.

If I were reviewing the case, I would be asking the woman, "So, how did you exercise enough self-control to let this pervert get away alive, considering what he was trying to do to your daughter?"

Oh yeah, the creep in question has a history of pursuing underage sorts:

The teen, who is related to some of the people who live in the apartment, was arrested last fall for having sex with a child under age 16, detective Matt Walsh said. He received a deferred prosecution agreement that would likely be voided if he was charged with another crime.

I risk being called names by Idaho's progressive bloggers, and doubtless, some of the crowd that hangs around Volokh Conspiracy will be screaming for justice for this poor, oppressed 17 year old, but I am hard pressed to see why the mother was arrested at all.

UPDATE: More about this here.