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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....
Indiana’s federal prisons are hardly distinguishable from their peer facilities across the country when it comes to this commonplace: a high percentage of the inmate population is comprised of individuals serving lengthy terms following their conviction on drug...
Indiana law enforcement officers are cracking down on drunk driving. Agencies throughout the state are taking part in the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” initiative. What is the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” initiative? This initiative is a national mobilization...
An Indianapolis man is possibly facing the death penalty in what is being described as “Purge-style” killing spree. The 19-year old is accused of three murders which summated between May 12 and May 15, according to authorities. Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry has...
