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Assessment and Intervention Center takes on broad mandate

January 24, 2022 | Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indianapolis Business Journal

When Indianapolis’ Assessment and Intervention Center opened in December 2020, it did so in the middle of the construction site that has become the Community Justice Campus, during what was then the deadliest and most infectious month of the pandemic. Since then, the AIC, originally intended to divert low-level, nonviolent offenders from Marion County’s criminal justice apparatus, has conducted more than 1,700 assessments for Indianapolis residents struggling with mental health or substance abuse disorders.

Man gets 110 years for Indianapolis shooting that killed 2

January 24, 2022 | Associated Press

A man has been sentenced to 110 years in prison for the fatal 2019 shootings of two people outside an Indianapolis strip club.

COA upholds disclosure of voting integrity docs, also orders secretary of state to pay appellate attorney fees

January 20, 2022 | Katie Stancombe

A nonprofit that secured judgment against the Indiana secretary of state after documents related to election security were withheld has also been awarded appellate attorney fees.

COVID forces Marion County to halt all jury trials until end of January

January 20, 2022 | IL Staff

The Marion Circuit and Superior Courts are suspending all jury trials until the end of January because of the ongoing surge in COVID-19 illnesses, with nearly 100 court personnel testing positive for the coronavirus.

Indiana Senate committee advances crime bill package

January 20, 2022 | Jordan Morey

The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee has endorsed five criminal justice bills aimed at reducing violent crime.

Mears announces candidacy for Marion Co. prosecutor

January 19, 2022 | IL Staff

Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears, a Democrat, filed his candidacy to retain his office Wednesday.

Finalists for Marion Superior Court vacancy announced

January 19, 2022 | IL Staff

The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee has selected three finalists to be considered by the governor to fill a vacancy on the Marion Superior Court.

New Marion Co. jail touted as a model for the future

January 19, 2022 | Marilyn Odendahl

Law enforcement and city officials recently gave a tour of the new Marion County detention center. The relocation of inmates began Jan. 15, as two vans of detainees with police escorts made the trip to the new jail.

Holcomb appointee announces challenge to Marion County Prosecutor Mears

January 18, 2022 | Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indianapolis Business Journal

Embattled Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears now has a Republican challenger. Cyndi Carrasco, former deputy general counsel for Gov. Eric Holcomb, announced her campaign Thursday.

Some inmates transferred to new Marion County jail

January 17, 2022 | Associated Press

Marion County jail officials have started transferring inmates to a new $600 million jail and court complex on Indianapolis’ east side.

Justices dismiss as moot juvenile’s interlocutory appeal challenging placement order

January 13, 2022 | Katie Stancombe

The Indiana Supreme Court has dismissed as moot a juvenile’s appeal challenging her placement at a residential treatment facility, doing away with an appellate decision it says may not correctly advise courts regarding competency-related treatment.

COVID surge forces some courts to, again, limit operations

January 6, 2022 | Marilyn Odendahl

Courts in Marion County and at least two other Indiana counties are suspending jury trials and reinstituting some restrictions in response to the surge of COVID-19 cases that continues to rise across the state.

Former Marion County prosecutor Carl Brizzi dies

January 6, 2022 | Indianapolis Business Journal Staff and IL Staff and Marilyn Odendahl

Former elected prosecutor and one-time congressional candidate Carl Brizzi, who served two terms as Marion County prosecutor and frequently courted controversy during his career as a lawyer and politician, died Wednesday at age 53.

Marion County mortgage data shows lower homeownership, especially among Blacks and Hispanics

January 3, 2022 | Marilyn Odendahl

More than 50 years after the passage of the federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, Marion County, Indiana’s highest populated and most racially diverse county, not only has a lower rate of homeownership than the rest of the state but has been experiencing a decline in homeownership driven by a drop in Blacks and Hispanics buying houses of their own, according to a report by the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana.

Marion County judicial interviews scheduled for Jan. 18

December 27, 2021 | IL Staff

The Marion County Judicial Selection Committee will be interviewing 13 individuals, including six magistrates, two deputy prosecutors and a public defender, for the vacancy created by the impending resignation of Marion Superior Judge Mark Jones.

Appellate court allows enhanced sentence to stand

December 22, 2021 | Marilyn Odendahl

An Indianapolis man who described his offenses as “being in a truck with drugs and a gun” was unable to get his sentence reduced after the Court of Appeals of Indiana rejected his argument that his six-year enhancement for being a habitual offender was an impermissible double enhancement.

COA affirms denial of motion to drop unlawful possession of a firearm charge

December 22, 2021 | Jordan Morey

An Indianapolis man will not have his charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon dropped, as the Court of Appeals of Indiana affirmed his constitutional rights weren’t infringed upon when the state applied Indiana Code § 35-47-4-5 to his case.

Former deputy prosecutor suspended for battery conviction

December 21, 2021 | IL Staff

A former Marion County deputy prosecutor convicted of battery has been suspended from the practice of law in Indiana for 120 days.

Indiana Supreme Court clears way for Vivo to take bench

December 20, 2021 | IL Staff

The Indiana Supreme Court has revoked the appointment of Senior Judge Jeffrey C. Eggers to serve on the Marion Circuit Court, effective Jan. 1, 2022. Magistrate Tiffany Vivo will be filling Sheryl Lynch’s seat on the bench.

Indianapolis-area state senators target criminal justice system with new bills

December 17, 2021 | Leslie Bonilla Muñiz, Indianapolis Business Journal and Indianapolis Business Journal Staff

Republican legislators on Thursday introduced a spate of new bills targeting the criminal justice system in the Indianapolis area and across Indiana. Five Republican state senators representing parts of Marion County are taking aim at bail and electronic monitoring policies, and pushing for greater inter-agency cooperation and extra funding.

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