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Indiana’S Texting-While-Driving Ban: Why Is It Not Working And How Could It Be Better?, Emma Gormley

Indiana Law Journal

This Note will identify and examine obstacles standing in the way of more effective enforcement of Indiana’s texting while driving ban and make recommendations on how to achieve greater success. Part I will take a closer look at what makes texting while driving so dangerous, situating it within the larger context of distracted driving. Part II will then focus on Indiana’s legislative response in particular, breaking down the texting-while-driving laws and discussing impediments to widespread and consistent enforcement. Part III explores alternative strategies for combating those impediments to enforcement, drawing from the approaches of other areas of law and extralegal …

I Did My Time: The Transformation Of Indiana’S Expungement Law, Joseph C. Dugan

Indiana Law Journal

This Note evaluates the transformation of Indiana’s expungement law. Part I addresses the socioeconomic impacts of a criminal record. Part II presents normative arguments both for and against expungement, concluding that the balance tips in favor of forgiveness. Parts III–IV discuss Indiana’s original expungement provisions, the 2013 statute, and the 2014 amendments. Part V explores the reaction to the new law. Finally, Part VI offers recommendations to improve the statute so that its second-chance promise is equitable, accessible, and robust.

Are Indiana’S Newly Expunged Convictions Still Available For Impeachment?, Graham Polando

Indiana Law Journal

During trial, a litigant can, of course, impeach a witness with certain criminal convictions. However, Indiana Evidence Rule 609(c), like its federal counterpart, prohibits parties from introducing such evidence when “the conviction has been the subject of a pardon, annulment, certificate of rehabilitation, or other equivalent procedure based on a finding that the person has been rehabilitated . . . .” Indiana, however, has no procedure for annulment or certificates of rehabilitation—and, until recently, had nothing resembling one.

To some fanfare, the General Assembly has recently enacted an expungement provision. As courts begin to grant these expungements, it is only …

The Lawyer And The Terrorist: Another Ethical Dilemma, F. Thomas Schornhorst

Indiana Law Journal

Terrorism and the Media: Legal Responses, Symposium

Extrajudicial Criminal Confessions In Indiana: Changes In The Law Of Admissibility

Indiana Law Journal

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Blood Test Results-Their Admissibility To Show A Decedent's Intoxication, Daniel E. Johnson

Indiana Law Journal

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The Use Of Criminal Law As A Standard Of Civil Responsibility In Indiana, Cleon H. Foust

Indiana Law Journal

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Shoplifting-An Analysis Of Legal Controls

Indiana Law Journal

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Habeas Corpus And Coram Nobis In Indiana

Indiana Law Journal

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Habitual Criminal Act-Constitutionality-Evidence

Indiana Law Journal

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Civil And Criminal Contempt In Indiana, Robert C. Brown

Indiana Law Journal

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Indiana Criminal And Penal Legislation Respecting Women (Concluded), Daniel James

Indiana Law Journal

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Indiana Criminal And Penal Legislation Respecting Women, Daniel James

Indiana Law Journal

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Effect Of Amendment Extending Period Of Prosecution Of Criminal Actions, William L. Travis

Indiana Law Journal

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Proposals For The Improvement Of The Administration Of Criminal Justice In Indiana, James J. Robinson

Indiana Law Journal

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