Wisconsin Request for Appointment of Special Prosecutor under Chapter 978 is a process that allows a Wisconsin court to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate or prosecute a case in which regular prosecutors have a conflict of interest. The request must be made by a state attorney, the district attorney of the county in which the offense occurred, or the Attorney General. There are two types of Wisconsin Request for Appointment of Special Prosecutor under Chapter 978: 1) Appointment of a Private Attorney and 2) Appointment of a Special Assistant Attorney General. In the first type, the court may appoint a private attorney to serve as a special prosecutor. In the second type, the court appoints an Assistant Attorney General to act as a special prosecutor. Both types of special prosecutors are independent of the regular prosecuting authority and are charged with investigating and prosecuting the case in accordance with Wisconsin law.