Speaking to reporters Tuesday, the Indianapolis Democrat remained coy about the prospect of a potential mayoral run in 2027.
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The Indiana General Assembly is preparing for an abbreviated legislative session, but lawmakers will still delve into legal issues dealing with immigration, capital punishment and the removal process for prosecutors and Marion Superior Court judges.
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For prosecutors in the state, when budget season comes around, it means looking at caseloads and determining if they need to make requests for more funding. Usually, the answer is yes.
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If you’re wanting to find out how prosecutor’s offices and law enforcement are doing in handling a growing amount of digital evidence, criminal defense attorney John Tompkins figures you could get 92 different answers — one for each of Indiana’s counties.
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Unlike traditional search warrants that target a known suspect or location, keyword warrants work backward by identifying internet addresses where searches were made in a certain window of time for particular terms.
Philip Foust, a Republican, worked in the Prosecutor’s Office from 2015 to 2021 and saw “how dramatically it has drifted from its core mission,” he said in a press release announcing his candidacy.
Several county prosecutors with the Association of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys held a news conference Tuesday to strongly oppose the legislation and announce their 2026 legislative proposals to address violent crime and frequent offenders.
Chief Deputy Prosecutor Josh Kocher will assume Garrison’s duties to ensure a smooth transition, according to a Hamilton County post on Facebook.
Citing an “appearance of impropriety” created by a romantic relationship Willis had with special prosecutor Nathan Wade, the Georgia Court of Appeals in December ruled that Willis and her office could not continue to prosecute the case.
The president nominated Alina Habba for the position pending Senate confirmation, but the state’s two Democratic U.S. senators, Cory Booker and Andy Kim signaled their opposition to her appointment.
Indiana legislation to study the absorption of secessionist Illinois counties heads to Gov. Mike Braun after a successful concurrence vote Thursday, along with measures to examine “noncompliant” prosecutors and expand local funding options for transportation infrastructure.
Rep. Becky Cash said there is a six- to eight-month wait for rape kit processing in Indiana, which crime technicians and law enforcement attributed to the lack of equipment and staff.
Republican lawmakers have tried for years to punish prosecutors who don’t prosecute certain crimes, such as low-level marijuana possession.
The Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council’s Chris Daniels said prosecutors struggle to keep their deputies because of low pay, unlimited caseloads and “emotionally heavy and stressful” subject matter.
The Indiana Supreme Court has suspended former Elkhart County deputy prosecutor Benjamin Mattingly as part of a conditional disciplinary order.
The Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys Council and prosecutors across the state are mourning the death of Whitley County prosecutor John W. Whiteleather, Jr., who died on March 12 at the age of 83.
Her latest comments come as defense attorneys continue to press claims about her handling of a sprawling prosecution against former president and current GOP presumptive nominee Donald Trump.
A judge on Thursday granted the state’s motion to dismiss death penalty charges against a man charged with fatally shooting an Indianapolis police officer in 2020 because doctors have found him to be mentally ill.
Prosecutors sought Wednesday to dismiss death penalty charges against a man charged with fatally shooting an Indianapolis police officer in 2020 because doctors have found him to be mentally ill.
A Vanderburgh Superior Court judge sentenced a man to 145 years in prison on Dec. 15 after his conviction in November on two murder counts, the county’s prosecutor’s office announced.
Even though a trial set for next year in Washington is centered on Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, lawyers on both sides have signaled their desire to draw attention to the 2016 presidential contest to help explain his state of mind.
Indiana’s legal community is raising alarms about a statewide shortage of attorneys that has already led to barren courtrooms leaving hundreds of Hoosiers unrepresented.
Law enforcement agencies, the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office and the Marion County Public Defender Agency will each receive a funding boost in 2024 after the City-County Council passed Mayor Joe Hogsett’s 2024 budget earlier this week.
You’ve heard of “the look,” right? The one that people of color sometimes receive when they enter a store, walk down the street or just exist? I did not even realize “the look” existed until I was an adult.