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I Did My Time: The Transformation Of Indiana’S Expungement Law, Joseph C. Dugan Jul 2015

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 Jan 2015

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 …


Constitutional Challenges To Indiana's Third-Party Custody Statutes, Kristen H. Fowler Apr 2007

Constitutional Challenges To Indiana's Third-Party Custody Statutes, Kristen H. Fowler

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Simon Says: Time For A New Approach To Choice-Of-Law Questions In Indiana, Eric J. Mckeown Apr 2007

Simon Says: Time For A New Approach To Choice-Of-Law Questions In Indiana, Eric J. Mckeown

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Right Without A Potent Remedy: Indiana's Bad Faith Insurance Doctrine Leaves Injured Third Parties Without Full Redress, Gregory A. Bullman Oct 2002

A Right Without A Potent Remedy: Indiana's Bad Faith Insurance Doctrine Leaves Injured Third Parties Without Full Redress, Gregory A. Bullman

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Protecting Our Mentally Ill: A Critique Of The Role Of Indiana State Courts In Protecting Involuntarily Committed Mental Patients' Right To Refuse Medication, Michael Leonard Goff Jr. Oct 2001

Protecting Our Mentally Ill: A Critique Of The Role Of Indiana State Courts In Protecting Involuntarily Committed Mental Patients' Right To Refuse Medication, Michael Leonard Goff Jr.

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Brother, Can You Spare A Dime: Tax Increment Financing In Indiana, Catherine Michael Apr 1996

Brother, Can You Spare A Dime: Tax Increment Financing In Indiana, Catherine Michael

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Analysis Of Indiana's Controlled Substance Excise Tax, F. Anthony Paganelli Oct 1995

Constitutional Analysis Of Indiana's Controlled Substance Excise Tax, F. Anthony Paganelli

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Indiana Environmental Policy Act: Casting A New Role For A Forgotten Statute, Jeffrey L. Carmichael Apr 1995

The Indiana Environmental Policy Act: Casting A New Role For A Forgotten Statute, Jeffrey L. Carmichael

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Indiana Supreme Court's Emerging Free Speech Doctrine, Daniel O. Conkle Jul 1994

The Indiana Supreme Court's Emerging Free Speech Doctrine, Daniel O. Conkle

Indiana Law Journal

Free Speech and the Indiana Constitution: First Thoughts on Price v. State


Has The Indiana Constitution Found It's Epic?, Patrick Baude Jul 1994

Has The Indiana Constitution Found It's Epic?, Patrick Baude

Indiana Law Journal

Free Speech and the Indiana Constitution: First Thoughts on Price v. State


Indiana's Guilty But Mentally Ill Statute: Blueprint To Beguile The Jury, Scott A. Kinsey Oct 1982

Indiana's Guilty But Mentally Ill Statute: Blueprint To Beguile The Jury, Scott A. Kinsey

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Indiana's Implied Warranty Of Fitness For Habitation: Limited Protection For Used Home Buyers, Gregory L. Crider Apr 1982

Indiana's Implied Warranty Of Fitness For Habitation: Limited Protection For Used Home Buyers, Gregory L. Crider

Indiana Law Journal

NOTE: A printing error labeled this issue Spring 1982, it should have been labeled Summer 1982


The Tort Liability Of The State Of Indiana: Perkins V. State, Edward F. Mccrea Jul 1971

The Tort Liability Of The State Of Indiana: Perkins V. State, Edward F. Mccrea

Indiana Law Journal

Recent Developments in Indiana Law


Resolution Of Conflicting "Other Insurance" Clauses: New Developments In Indiana, E. Alan Kirtley Jan 1971

Resolution Of Conflicting "Other Insurance" Clauses: New Developments In Indiana, E. Alan Kirtley

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Indiana Variance Proceedings And The Application Of Res Judicata, Paul C. Raver Jan 1971

Indiana Variance Proceedings And The Application Of Res Judicata, Paul C. Raver

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Proposed Uniform Consumer Credit Code For Indiana: Restrictions On Negotiability And Waivers Of Defenses In Consumer Credit Transactions, Rory O'Bryan Oct 1970

Proposed Uniform Consumer Credit Code For Indiana: Restrictions On Negotiability And Waivers Of Defenses In Consumer Credit Transactions, Rory O'Bryan

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Dependency And Neglect: Indiana's Definitional Confusion, Dirk William De Roos Jul 1970

Dependency And Neglect: Indiana's Definitional Confusion, Dirk William De Roos

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Indiana's Alimony Confusion, Martin A. Rosen Jul 1970

Indiana's Alimony Confusion, Martin A. Rosen

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Future Of Local Government Financing In Indiana, Carlyn E. Johnson Apr 1970

The Future Of Local Government Financing In Indiana, Carlyn E. Johnson

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Indiana Business Tax Roadblock, Charles F. Bonser Apr 1970

The Indiana Business Tax Roadblock, Charles F. Bonser

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Penal Code Reform In Indiana: Piecemeal Amendment Is Not The Answer, Richard C. Lague Apr 1969

Penal Code Reform In Indiana: Piecemeal Amendment Is Not The Answer, Richard C. Lague

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Indiana's Sexual Psychopath Statute, Janet Ruesch Pauls Jan 1969

Indiana's Sexual Psychopath Statute, Janet Ruesch Pauls

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Summary Judgment In Indiana, John P. Mitchell Oct 1968

Summary Judgment In Indiana, John P. Mitchell

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Legislative Apportionment In Indiana: A Case History, Leon H. Wallace Oct 1966

Legislative Apportionment In Indiana: A Case History, Leon H. Wallace

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Liability Of A Sponsor Of A Driver's License In Indiana Jan 1960

Liability Of A Sponsor Of A Driver's License In Indiana

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Admission Of Extrinsic Evidence In Cases Involving The Validity Of Statutes And Ordinances In Indiana Oct 1959

Admission Of Extrinsic Evidence In Cases Involving The Validity Of Statutes And Ordinances In Indiana

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Rule By Martial Law In Indiana: The Scope Of Executive Power Jul 1956

Rule By Martial Law In Indiana: The Scope Of Executive Power

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Commercial Arbitration In Indiana And The Proposed Uniform Act Apr 1956

Commercial Arbitration In Indiana And The Proposed Uniform Act

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Vitalization Of The Indiana Coroner System-Channeling Medico-Legal Duties To The Technically Trained Jan 1956

Vitalization Of The Indiana Coroner System-Channeling Medico-Legal Duties To The Technically Trained

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.