SEPT. 11-17, 2026
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.
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Indiana attorneys react to defense strategy in trial over murder of Tupac Shakur
That conviction came after the defense team put up an unusual argument: Their client was a liar whose word could not be trusted.
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High court weighs help for involuntarily committed
Indiana’s commitment statute is based on a 90-day rule. Anything within that period is considered “temporary.” Anything beyond that is “regular.”
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Karen E. Bravo: Young padawans, studying law safeguards the rule of law
This new class emerges from one of the most competitive admissions seasons in recent memory.
Read MoreDustin Houchin: Indiana has path for evaluating law schools without ABA
In August, U.S. Department of Education staff recommended stripping the ABA of its federal recognition as the accreditor of American law schools.
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