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An article and editorial at NWI.com notes that penalties for OWI (drunk driving) in Indiana can vary depending on the county you are arrested in. In particular, Lake County prosecutors are more agreeable to charge reductions. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 11th, 2011 at 12:20 pm and is filed under OWI. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

The Supreme Court issued a ruling this week in a case out of Indiana. At question was whether fleeing from the police was considered a violent felony and therefore could be used to sentence a defendant under the Armed Career Criminal Act. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Monday, June 13th, 2011 at 2:46 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels announced last week a move to study the current sentencing practices in his state. Such a review hasn’t been done since 1976. According to NWI.com, in those 34 years prison populations have grown from 7,500 to 29,000 in the Hoosier state. [read more...]

This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 at 2:43 pm and is filed under criminal law. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.