Counties must pay for juvenile facilities
Indiana counties are responsible to pay a portion of costs to operate juvenile detention facilities.
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Lawyers challenge imbalance of power
Budget statute affected juvenile codes and gives the Department of Child Services oversight of judicial decision-making.
CJ: Most players in appeals acting responsibly
The Indiana chief justice said in an order that he would “smack down” judicial overreaching or overspending.
Teaming up for change
National, local experts meet in Indiana to discuss juvenile justice.
Marion County a model for juvenile detention reforms
Detention alternatives, Initial Hearing Court draw national praise.
Teens share stories about juvenile justice experience
Two Elkhart County teens say it took incarceration to teach them a lesson.
What’s next for Indiana’s juvenile system?
Indiana lags in statewide reform, but builds on localized successes.
‘Out of the court’s hands’
Lake County teen recognizes she is responsible for future in juvenile system.
State slow to achieve juvenile justice reforms
Local successes exist; systematic changes lag.
Clinic argues for man’s innocence
the Indiana Supreme Court is considering whether to accept a post-conviction case on an issue some say is an important question
of law relating to wrongful convictions.
Reforms urged to prevent mistakes
Indiana explores what revisions to make to its criminal justice system.
Escaping execution
Exoneree joins statewide campaign calling for a death-penalty moratorium.
Justices deny transfer in more than a dozen cases
The Indiana Supreme Court considered 13 appeals during the past week, denying them all and rejecting a case that it had previously
agreed to hear.
SCOTUS reverses 7th Circuit on sex offender registration
The nation’s highest court reversed the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals today on an Indiana case, holding that that a federal
sex offender registry law does not apply to those convicts whose interstate travel happened before the 2006 statute took effect.
7th Circuit won’t stay ruling, despite likely SCOTUS appeal
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals won’t stay its ruling that allows an independent state agency access to records about
mentally ill inmates’ treatment, even though the Indiana government agency being sued is appealing to the Supreme Court
of the United States.
Court sets drug-court termination requirements
An Indiana Court of Appeals ruling today sets requirements for drug court terminations after a man’s participation was
terminated without minimum due process.