Portage mayor’s bribery trial delayed again
The public corruption trial of a northwestern Indiana mayor who faces tax evasion and bribery charges has been moved to June.
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Kennedy wrestles with wedding cake case at Supreme Court
His vote likely to decide the outcome, Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy voiced competing concerns Tuesday about respecting the religious beliefs of a Colorado baker who wouldn’t make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple, and the gay couple’s dignity.
COA: hearsay testimony causes harmless error
Although a trial court was wrong in permitting two police officers to recount to a jury what the defendant’s ex-girlfriend told them, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled the admission was a harmless error.
Sexism, ageism focus of small, solo conference session
Though outward expressions of discrimination against certain types of attorneys in court may have diminished over the years, each attorney, litigant, juror and judge who enters a courtroom brings with them their own set of implicit biases.