Sex Crimes

Indiana laws regarding rape and sexual assault are specific and cover a broad range of prohibited sexual acts and conduct. Many factors can influence the type and severity of sex crime charges against an individual, including but not limited to the alleged victim’s...

All it takes is a few seconds alone in the room to take a sexy snapshot and send it on its way to someone else. Sharing these kinds of intimate images and making videos of sexual acts have become mainstream behaviors. There's no shame in using technology to help boost...

There’s no disputing that most people are inclined to give the benefit of doubt to an alleged victim targeting another person in a sex crimes case.How flatly horrific is it when a claim of rape, assault or other criminal conduct is untrue? And what if it is made...

A notable fact concerning a sex-crime accusation is that it can have devastating consequences for an alleged offender, even absent a subsequent conviction.Sex crimes come with a stigma - sometimes permanent - for any Indiana resident accused of wrongful behavior. The...

The conviction of the powerful movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has changed the way many think about cases of rape and sexual assault. Prosecutors and women’s rights advocates are hailing it as a large win. But what, if anything, does it really change about the way...

In some cases, two people can have willing, consensual sex, and one of them might still be committing a crime. It’s all about age.In Indiana, the age of consent is 16. Once someone reaches 16 years of age, the law allows them to make their own decisions about...

How much would you like to add some extra paperwork to your life? And would you like to back that up with the threat of legal consequences if you don’t do it? And what if your reward for all this paperwork was the scorn and distrust of your neighbors and...

We all know someone who’s been accused of something that took us by surprise. Maybe it’s a friend. Maybe it’s a co-worker or a celebrity we’ve idolized. Whoever it is, the accusation doesn’t seem to fit. “My favorite celebrity would...

In the wake of the #MeToo movement and Kavanaugh hearings, men across the United States worried aloud about the impact of false claims of rape or sexual assault. What happens, they wondered, if everyone believes the women by default? How many men’s lives could...

In Shakespeare’s famous play, Romeo and Juliet are young lovers from families at war with each other. They meet, fall in love, find their love shaken by a series of violent incidents and die tragic deaths. Also, they’re young. Very young. We don’t...