EX-ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF TO LEAD PAROLE PANEL

Madison - Alfonso Graham, a former assistant Milwaukee police chief
who is in charge of the state Justice Department's anti-marijuana
program, was named chairman of the state Parole Commission on Thursday.

Graham replaced Lenard Wells, who resigned last week. A Milwaukee
police officer for 27 years, Wells had been criticized for approving
the parole of two men convicted in the 1975 slaying of an off-duty
Milwaukee officer.

Graham was appointed by Gov. Jim Doyle to head the eight-member
commission that determines whether paroles should be granted
prisoners who committed felonies before the end of 1999. Parole was
abolished after that by a truth-in-sentencing law.

Graham will start his new job June 5, and his term will end on March
1. He will leave his current post to take the Parole Commission job.

He will earn $70,000 a year in the new post.