Numbers don't lie. Gun control is systemically racist. Public defenders have known this for a while, which is why the Bruen opinion from the High Court felt like a ray of hope for many of our clients.

I assume they used a DNA genealogy database to find the child's parents. nypost.com/2024/08/11/us-…

Every criminal defense attorney...at some point...has had a witness like this in a trial. That last "I don't recall" is just hilarious!

He served his sentence. So yes, it is "justice."

Huge decision for Elliot Slosar and the Notre Dame Law School Exoneration Justice Clinic from the Indiana Supreme Court. I hope to have time this week to write up a summary and share!

If Google is right, nearly 10% of children are taking at least one psychiatric med, and at least 5% are taking multiple psych meds. We know that our brains do not fully develop until somewhere around 25 years old. I wonder if anyone has ever studied whether giving children

Excellent news earlier this month: Indiana now has a SECOND Innocence Project. Anyone who has practiced any length of time in criminal defense in Indiana has no doubt heard of Fran Watson (and probably been trained by her!). For years she ran the Criminal Defense Clinic at the

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The Indiana Supreme Court has decided to review the following notable cases. First, J.Q.R. v. State. This is a juvenile delinquency case that raised the following issues: whether the child had meaningful consultation before waiving his constitutional right against

Unbelievable. No nexus between the State's prime suspect only days after the murders. Assuming the defense chooses not to appeal before trial, this trial is practice. I don't see how this decision survives scrutiny.

In order to figure out what the order allows and does not allow, you have to reference the State's motion in limine. Sleuthie does all that work for us. Below is a summation of what cannot come in at trial. Keep in mind that normally limine orders are "provisional" orders, in

Several people have contacted me about the Carroll County Auditor's decision to release confidential information in the #Delphi case related to the experts #RichardAllen's defense counsel consulted with in preparation for trial. Carroll County is in the Indiana Commission on Court Appointed Attorneys. So I

The judge (and the New York Post) are incorrect. Colt Gray cannot get the death penalty. He is a child. We don't have the death penalty for child offenders in the U.S. My guess is the judge was reading from a script usually used with adult defendants. youtube.com/watch?v=i70_bj…

"Every wrongful conviction deserves its own book." dmagazine.com/publications/d…

I read an article recently that asked why it takes so long to undo wrongful convictions. Those of us who practice in the post-conviction arena know that the process often feels like a grind. You feel the pressure of every day as your client sits in prison, but you know you can

#RichardAllen has requested an interlocutory appeal of the court's order on the State's motion in limine. The interlocutory (intermediate) appeal process is different from a normal direct appeal. First, in Allen's case, the interlocutory appeal is discretionary. In Indiana, some

Following up on this tweet I shared last week about the cases accepted for review by the Indiana Supreme Court. In In re E.K., the Court has set the case for an oral argument. This isn't unusual. What is unusual? The Court has invited participation of amici curiae ("friends of

Part 2 of my deep dive into an Indiana case. This week I discuss Donnell Wilson's state post-conviction proceedings. In direct appeal proceedings, the focus is on correcting errors made in the trial court that would affect the validity of the convictions and sentences. On

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The third and final post on Donnell Wilson's journey through the criminal justice process. wienekelaw.com/blog/state-v-d…