Tenacious Defense For High-Level Criminal Offenses
The recent wave of sexual harassment charges has sensitized Indiana and the rest of the nation to the frequency of men in positions of power sexually abusing underage girls and women. A case that appears to be typical of this trend allegedly occurred in Arcadia,...
While no one may bat an eye if a 20 year old and a 25 year old engage in consensual sexual activities in Indiana, the story is very different if the parties ages are ages 14 and 19. While the state has what is known as "Romeo and Juliet laws," allowing individuals...
When a man took his computer to Best Buy, he never expected to be federally prosecuted for child pornography. Apparently, the computer sales and repair chain has a policy of forwarding suspected child porn straight to the FBI. Luckily for him, a federal judge has...
A recent update to Indiana’s state sex offender registry underscores the serious consequences of a sex crime conviction. The update resulted in the compilation of the 25 most wanted offenders in 17 counties across the state. The individuals allegedly have failed to...
A recent article exposed a disturbing statistic: Since 2000, over 16,000 complaints of sex crimes have been reported in long-term care facilities across the United States. The data, collected by the Administration for Community Living, tracked only complaints where...
Based on two different bills headed to the Indiana Senate, state lawmakers may have conflicting views on sex crime enforcement. Specifically, the bills take opposing stances on the appropriate punishments for certain sex crime offenders. One bill, SB 166, seeks to...
A number of procedural protections are in place for victims of sexual assault, including confidentiality during the investigative stage. Yet are the accused afforded such rights?In theory, every criminal defendant has a constitutional right to procedural due process...
The Indiana General Assembly passed a law in 2014 that permits courts to convert Class D felony convictions to Class A misdemeanors in certain circumstances. However, the application of those prerequisites to real life criminal cases may require some trial and error....
When it comes to criminal cases, society doesn't benefit from the government trying to win at any cost. Our justice system isn't supposed to railroad the defendant, but to prove his or her innocence beyond a reasonable doubt. It's intentionally set up with the...