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GUEST COMMENTARY: A rewrite of Indiana’s criminal code
For the past several years, state legislators from both parties have been working with prosecutors, judges, public defenders and many other experts to reduce recidivism - the number of repeat offenders - in Indiana by overhauling the laws governing our criminal justice system. The end result…
EDITORIAL: Senate must recalibrate scales of justice
Indiana's criminal code, no less than any other mechanism, requires periodic maintenance.
EDITORIAL: Balance Indiana's scales of justice
Indiana needs sentencing reform to restore balance to the criminal justice system. House Bill 1006 offers the right road map for change.
Reform of Indiana's criminal code clears first hurdle
INDIANAPOLIS | Five years of bipartisan review, debate and negotiation paid off Wednesday as a House committee unanimously approved the first major overhaul of Indiana's criminal code since 1977.
DOUG ROSS: Prisons are for correction, not just punishment
If you think sentencing reform is all about making the punishment fit the crime, you're not quite right. It's about making sure the criminal changes bad behavior, too.
GUEST COMMENTARY: Indiana prison system hopes to reduce returns
The Indiana Department of Correction must become more efficient and effective in delivering the services essential to reducing the number of inmates returning to overcrowded prisons. Smarter approaches to dealing with those incarcerated and in contact with our criminal justice system must be…
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