Indiana Lawyer

The Indiana Supreme Court has extended a pilot program designed to help people contest temporary mental health commitments and may expand it statewide. As Caleb Amick reports, advocates say patients sometimes waited weeks or months for a response to their challenge. And Maura Johnson asks local attorneys to weigh in on an unusual tactic used by the defense in the Tupac Shakur murder trial: claiming their client is a liar whose word can’t be trusted.