The Defense Never Rests
A person who is facing criminal charges who hasn’t ever been involved in the criminal justice system might have some concerns and questions about the process. With your freedom and finances on the line, it is crucial that you understand as much about the process as...
Recently, certain politicians have been giving a false impression of the facts when discussing how widespread murder is in the U.S. While we would never urge you to vote for one candidate or party over another, we think it is crucial for everyone to be clear on how...
Let’s just preface the below tale with this query: What if this was your mom? Indeed, what if it was you? A story from another state — but which is easily susceptible of recurrence in Indiana or any other area of the country — has attracted the attention — and,...
Indianapolis enforcement officers are cracking down on drug crimes in Marion County. A recent piece in the IndyStar discussed the move, noting Marion County was designated a place in the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program. What is the High Intensity Drug...
When a juvenile commits a crime, they are often tried in a juvenile court. These courts are meant to rehabilitate the child, under the assumption that they were not mature enough to understand the consequences of the crime they committed. In more extreme cases,...
Does Indiana have a registry containing the names of and other pertinent information relating to convicted offenders of sex and violent crimes? Indeed, it does, and no rationally thinking person would ever want to be on it. One word might reasonably pop up relatively...
White collar crime is a term that is used to cover a wide range of nonviolent criminal offenses. These crimes generally involve allegations of a person misappropriating money. Some of the more common charges include: Mortgage fraud. The Federal Bureau of Investigation...
There is much ongoing discussion — indeed, a lively national debate — these days regarding criminal law reforms at both the state and national levels. What is perhaps most notable about the focus is the broadly bipartisan agreement that has emerged stressing the need...
Fight behind the woodshop! If you’re an Indiana reader of our criminal law blog posts who is of a certain vintage (let’s just say baby boomer), you likely remember words like the above, which signaled a school-related altercation about to happen. Back in those days,...
As an Indianapolis-area denizen, what comes to mind foremost when you think about the state’s capital and largest city? There are certainly a number of contenders that might reasonably come to the fore in any list of factors that most centrally define the metropolis....
