Police level of force raised in Charleston shooting trial
Testimony in the trial of a white former Charleston, South Carolina, police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black motorist is raising questions about how much force is justified.
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2 Somali pirates get life in prison; 3rd gets 33 years
Two Somali pirates have been sentenced to life in prison, and a third has received 33 years because he cooperated with prosecutors in a separate piracy case.
Indiana lawyers now must report misdemeanor convictions
Indiana attorneys now are explicitly required to report to the Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission any misdemeanor or felony conviction under sweeping changes to Admission and Discipline Rule 23.
DNA-collection bills to be introduced in 2017 Legislature
After introducing DNA-collection legislation that failed to even get a committee hearing in the two previous General Assembly sessions, Rep. B. Patrick Bauer will be getting boost in the upcoming session from a Republican Senator offering a companion bill in the upper chamber.
Tax court: Man can leave estate to non-biological ‘children’
Although he had no biological children, an Illinois man who spent the latter part of his life in Indiana can legally leave his estate to a couple who he considered his children under the doctrine of an in loco parentis relationship, the Indiana Tax Court decided Monday.
Cybersecurity experts: Risk of electronic voter fraud slim but real
With the fear of voter fraud through traditional and electronic methods spreading this election season, cybersecurity experts are telling voters that the risk of their personal information being stolen and used to manipulate the outcome of the election is small, but not nonexistent.
Former police officer in murder trial: I feared for my life
A white former police officer in Cincinnati on trial for murder has taken the stand to tell jurors he feared for his life when he fatally shot an unarmed black motorist during a traffic stop in Ohio.
New Albany placing moratorium on opioid treatment facilities
A southern Indiana community has decided to place a six-month moratorium on methadone or suboxone clinics.
Opinions Nov. 7, 2016
The following Indiana Tax Court opinion was posted after IL deadline Friday:
Monroe County Assessor v. SCP 2007-C-26-002, LLC a/k/a CVS 3195-02
49T10-1509-TA-29
Tax. Affirms Indiana Board of Tax Review’s finding that CVS’ appraisals of a Bloomington store location are more credible than the Monroe County Assessor’s assessments between 2009 and 2013. Holds that Tax Court rulings in previous similar cases were decided correctly.
COA: Clinics that gave tainted steroid must face suit
After a widespread fungal meningitis outbreak killed nearly a dozen Hoosiers, the Indiana Court of Appeals decided Monday that the providers who injected the injured parties with a contaminated steroid that was purchased from a third party can be found to be negligent under the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act.
COA divided over search producing gun, affirms conviction
The admission of a gun obtained without a warrant from a man later convicted of carrying a handgun without a license did not violate the man’s constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure and, thus, does not warrant the reversal of his conviction.
Plaintiffs in Carmel class-action traffic lawsuit file appeal
The plaintiffs in a federal class-action lawsuit filed against the city of Carmel for its enforcement of a local traffic ordinance are appealing the dismissal of the case in early October.
Justices raise doubts about temporary presidential picks
The Supreme Court of the United States is raising doubts about the temporary appointment of a former labor official in a case that could limit the president’s power to fill top government posts.
Liberal mother of 6 jailed for challenging Saudi taboos
When Souad al-Shammary posted a series of tweets about the thick beards worn by Saudi clerics, she never imagined she would land in jail in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia.
Supreme Court grants transfer in cellphone data privacy case
After an Ohio man’s convictions of armed robbery in Dearborn County were overturned by a divided Indiana Court of Appeals in August, the Indiana Supreme Court has agreed to hear the state’s appeal and decide if cellphone users have a reasonable expectation to the privacy of their tracked location information.
Former Israeli Supreme Court president to speak at IU Maurer
The former president of the Supreme Court of Israel will give a presentation this week on the issue of human dignity in the context of the law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law in Bloomington.
Tax court affirms CVS valuation, stands by prior retail rulings
A CVS store in Bloomington has won its case against what it said were inaccurate tax assessments after the judge of the Indiana Tax Court rejected the argument that her previous rulings were inaccurate.
Madison County’s computers frozen by ransomware attack
A so-called ransomware attack has left police, fire and other government staff in a central Indiana county locked out of their computers.
Janet Reno, former US attorney general, dies at 78
Shy and admittedly awkward, Janet Reno became a blunt-spoken prosecutor and the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general, yet she also was the epicenter of a relentless series of political storms, from the deadly raid on the Branch Davidian compound at Waco, Texas, to the seizure of 5-year-old Cuban immigrant Elian Gonzalez. She died early Monday at 78.
In fractious time, ‘courtesy’ prevails at Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court seems to be trying to hang together as the election campaign drives the rest of the country into feuding camps.