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Lucas: Maintaining your Thanksgiving state of mind
November 23, 2011
Kelly LucasIL Editor Kelly Lucas writes about keeping a focus on issues of importance and that maintain sense of gratitude.
MoreLucas: State bar emphasizes attorney wellness in 2012
November 9, 2011
Kelly LucasEditor Kelly Lucas writes about the Indiana State Bar Association's emphasis on attorney fitness and wellness.
MoreIL Editorial: The cynic asks: yVote! or why vote?
August 31, 2011
Editorial Indiana LawyerMarion County Clerk Beth White has started her yVote! program, which we believe to be a wonderful undertaking. She travels
to any Marion County high school that will have her in to teach civics.
MoreBarnes used as excuse to challenge merit selection
June 22, 2011
Editorial Indiana LawyerWe surmised it would only be a matter of time before the clamor began, but we were a little taken aback at how few days passed
after the Indiana Supreme Court decision in Barnes v. State was issued before a legislator told us he would put together
a proposal to change the merit selection process that’s been in place for our appellate courts for nearly 40 years.
MoreEditorial: Threats are inappropriate way to voice an opinion
May 25, 2011
Editorial Indiana LawyerWhat we want to address here is the troubling descent into madness that has appeared alongside the reasonable discourse on
the subject of the recent Indiana Supreme Court decision Barnes v. State .
MoreEditorial: Lake Co. merit selection is back on the table
April 27, 2011
Editorial Indiana LawyerIt’s at the end of House Bill 1266, and we have no idea whether the legislation has a chance at passage by the April
29 session deadline, but we had to go back and read it twice before we believed what we were seeing.
MoreEditorial: More of the same?
April 13, 2011
Editorial Indiana LawyerThey’re back, and like most citizens who watch with interest the goings on in the Indiana General Assembly, we’re
not sure it’s altogether a good thing.
MoreEditorial: In this war of words, will anyone win?
March 30, 2011
Editorial Indiana LawyerAt more than 30 days and counting, at least at Indiana Lawyer deadline, we’re not sure what will cause the
Democrats elected to the Indiana House of Representatives to return to their posts at the Statehouse.
MoreEditorial - SB 590: An Arizona-style invitation for litigation
March 16, 2011
The past weeks have brought heated debate about immigration policy to our state. The Indiana General Assembly is currently
considering various anti-immigrant bills. Among them is Senate Bill 590, modeled after Arizona’s immigration law. Currently
being challenged in Federal District Court on constitutional grounds, Arizona’s law has invited much criticism and proved
costly to the state’s economy. Indiana should not be next in line.
MoreEditorial: Stalemate leaves constituents without a voice
March 2, 2011
Editorial Indiana LawyerThere’s a lot of shouting and political posturing going on, but we’re not at all certain there’s much in
the way of listening and compromising taking place.
MoreEditorial: All who serve as judges should be lawyers
February 16, 2011
Judges Mark Stoner and Terry Shewmaker explain why a proposed bill would protect Hoosiers' rights by making sure that law-trained
judges preside over all cases in Indiana.
MoreEditorial: Home is where the heart is for Mr. Copsey
February 2, 2011
Editorial Indiana LawyerWe often think of law enforcement officers and firefighters as first-responder types who venture into situations where others
are reluctant to go. We’d like to expand the definition of first responder a bit, and bring your attention to an Indianapolis
lawyer who after retiring from his day job years ago decided he wasn’t quite done practicing law.
MoreEditorial: Subpoenas for advocates raise concerns
January 19, 2011
Editorial Indiana LawyerIn our culture, someone accused of a crime gets a vigorous defense to make certain all of the accused person’s constitutional
rights are protected. This is as it should be. Those faced with the loss of their liberty or life deserve no less than the
best defense that can be put forth.
MoreEditorial: Election Day 2010 provides cause for concern
December 8, 2010
Editorial Indiana LawyerHere's to hoping reason and sanity will prevail, but we're not holding our breath.
MoreEditorial: Human trafficking is local issue
November 10, 2010
Editorial Indiana LawyerIt’s a silent and devastating problem going on right under our noses, and it’s going to take courage and a willingness
to ask invasive and uncomfortable questions to stop it.
MoreEditorial: Ted Boehm not headed toward retirement
October 27, 2010
Editorial Indiana LawyerThis was one retirement ceremony we were not looking forward to attending, fearing that the gentleman stepping away from the
bench would slip away from public life and live quietly with his family, indulging his interests outside the law, while working
as a mediator at Van Winkle Baten Rimstidt and senior judging for the Indiana Court of Appeals.
MoreEditorial: New justice brings much to appreciate
September 29, 2010
Editorial Indiana LawyerThe state still needs to address the elephant in the room.
MoreEditorial: Maybe there's a reason she doesn't just leave
September 15, 2010
Editorial Indiana LawyerWhy doesn’t she just leave?
MoreEditorial: Preservation of judicial impartiality a win
September 1, 2010
Editorial Indiana LawyerHere at the newspaper, we don’t like to see anything put the brakes on the sharing of opinions.
MoreEditorial: Nature of work requires adequate safety plan
August 18, 2010
IL StaffA few days after then-U.S. District Court Judge David Hamilton ruled in late 2005 in Anthony Hinrichs, et al. v. Brian
Bosma, et al., that sectarian prayer could not be used to open legislative sessions, we received a phone call from someone
who wanted the judge’s e-mail address and contact information. We declined to give that information.
MoreEditorial: Remove obstacles that discourage voters
August 4, 2010
Editorial Indiana LawyerCasting a ballot in an election ought to be a simple thing for a citizen to do. But there are those who would make it as difficult
as possible for some to exercise their franchise.
MoreEditorial: Concerns about budget cuts warranted
July 21, 2010
Editorial Indiana LawyerWe believe the state of Indiana has hit bone with a budget cut instituted earlier this month.
MoreEditorial: Next choice for Indiana Supreme Court must be a woman
July 7, 2010
Editorial Indiana LawyerThe future is now for the high court.
MoreEditorial: New judges add more than needed diversity
June 23, 2010
Rebecca CollierThose of us on staff here at the newspaper that grew up in Indiana and were of a certain age to pay attention to the news
can likely recall when Judge Sarah Evans Barker was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
MoreEditorial: Don't keep quiet, join a healthy debate
June 9, 2010
Editorial Indiana LawyerWe know you have opinions – thoughtful, reasonable ones that would make for great discourse in the newspaper. But getting
you to share them is more difficult than we would like.
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I've been a republican my whole life but to me this is despicable. Its a race to the bottom with the third world when it comes to trying to fetch manufacturing back by lowering wages. Only fools think that is going to really work. You can see that in the southern states they can't hold on to jobs any better than we can up here.
Much praise to Pat Bauer and the democrats and, most of all, to the the nine BOLD AND WISE republicans who voted and fought against this.
Yup, in Marion County we surely do have the best justice money can buy.
If Republican slating fees are $12,000 they've been lowered. They as of very recently was $25,000.
Indiana law does not require law enforcement agencies to remove "police blotter" records, nor does it require Court Clerks to remove their records. Limiting expungements in this way renders them useless, since many private firms check local and county records for employers. The result is the crime will be discovered, and the applicant rejected. Expungement means just that, and should be required of all criminal justice agencies.
Hope everything turned out okay. My father was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to 65 yrs in jail in Indiana and after serving 17 yrs, the other co-defendants finally came forward and confessed he was not there. The court exonerated him, but left the conviction on his record. And of course, Indiana can lock you up on a wrongful conviction, but want pay you a dime for you time. Laws need to change, period!! My dad has since passed, but I trying to make it better.