Prosecutors Begin Resigning Over Criminal Reform

[Kirk Freeman]

WAIT! There is a sportsman warehouse around here? WHERE?

Sportman's Warehouse was where the Gander Mountain is in Lafayette.

I think it was open for 2.5 years, IIRC. When the Canadians bought SW they closed the Lafayette, Indiana store as they have two stomachs and eat round bacon.

(Scientific evidence as to Canadians: http://booksbikesboomsticks.blogspot.com/2009/05/useh.html)

 

[BehindBlueI's]

he said some non-violent felons are allowed to have guns on their property! whaaaaa!?

That's not a change. State law only cites certain felonies. Federal law is what prohibits any felony conviction for lawful gun owners.

IC 35-47-4-5 Version a
Unlawful possession of firearm by serious violent felon
Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2014. See also following version of this section amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.590, effective 7-1-2014, and following version of this section amended by P.L.214-2013, SEC.40, effective 7-1-2014.
Sec. 5. (a) As used in this section, "serious violent felon" means a person who has been convicted of:
(1) committing a serious violent felony in:
(A) Indiana; or
(B) any other jurisdiction in which the elements of the crime for which the conviction was entered are substantially similar to the elements of a serious violent felony; or
(2) attempting to commit or conspiring to commit a serious violent felony in:
(A) Indiana as provided under IC 35-41-5-1 or IC 35-41-5-2; or
(B) any other jurisdiction in which the elements of the crime for which the conviction was entered are substantially similar to the elements of attempting to commit or conspiring to commit a serious violent felony.
(b) As used in this section, "serious violent felony" means:
(1) murder (IC 35-42-1-1);
(2) voluntary manslaughter (IC 35-42-1-3);
(3) reckless homicide not committed by means of a vehicle (IC 35-42-1-5);
(4) battery as a:
(A) Class A felony (IC 35-42-2-1(a)(5));
(B) Class B felony (IC 35-42-2-1(a)(4)); or
(C) Class C felony (IC 35-42-2-1(a)(3));
(5) aggravated battery (IC 35-42-2-1.5);
(6) kidnapping (IC 35-42-3-2);
(7) criminal confinement (IC 35-42-3-3);
(8) rape (IC 35-42-4-1);
(9) criminal deviate conduct (IC 35-42-4-2);
(10) child molesting (IC 35-42-4-3);
(11) sexual battery as a Class C felony (IC 35-42-4-8);
(12) robbery (IC 35-42-5-1);
(13) carjacking (IC 35-42-5-2);

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(14) arson as a Class A felony or Class B felony (IC 35-43-1-1(a));
(15) burglary as a Class A felony or Class B felony (IC 35-43-2-1);
(16) assisting a criminal as a Class C felony (IC 35-44.1-2-5);
(17) resisting law enforcement as a Class B felony or Class C felony (IC 35-44.1-3-1);
(18) escape as a Class B felony or Class C felony (IC 35-44.1-3-4);
(19) trafficking with an inmate as a Class C felony (IC 35-44.1-3-5);
(20) criminal gang intimidation (IC 35-45-9-4);
(21) stalking as a Class B felony or Class C felony (IC 35-45-10-5);
(22) incest (IC 35-46-1-3);
(23) dealing in or manufacturing cocaine or a narcotic drug (IC 35-48-4-1);
(24) dealing in methamphetamine (IC 35-48-4-1.1);
(25) dealing in a schedule I, II, or III controlled substance (IC 35-48-4-2);
(26) dealing in a schedule IV controlled substance (IC 35-48-4-3); or
(27) dealing in a schedule V controlled substance (IC 35-48-4-4).
(c) A serious violent felon who knowingly or intentionally possesses a firearm commits unlawful possession of a firearm by a serious violent felon, a Class B felony.
As added by P.L.247-1999, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.14-2000, SEC.76; P.L.17-2001, SEC.17; P.L.222-2001, SEC.5; P.L.151-2006, SEC.21; P.L.126-2012, SEC.58.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I've yet to see much in the way of major changes, but I've mostly only looked at codes that I routinely work with. Carjacking gets put in with regular robbery under the new code, so it may now be a reduced penalty if not done with a weapon.

My understanding is the big push for this was sentencing reform. No more getting sentenced to 10 years and only doing 2. Now you may get sentenced to 5, but you're doing 3.5 of that. Is this incorrect?

 

[cobber]

Not an uncommon response from line officers. Heck, some officers I know would go further than the recommendations of the IPDC.

I would reinstitute corporal punishment for most petty offenses.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I would reinstitute corporal punishment for most petty offenses.

Administrative punishment? Too much Heinlein when younger I suspect.

 

[Blackhawk2001]

I would reinstitute corporal punishment for most petty offenses.

Administrative punishment? Too much Heinlein when younger I suspect.

What? Bring back stocks in the public square? Or public flogging? Sounds great, but it would presuppose a public response that wouldn't include whining over "cruel and unusual" . . .

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Lawsuit filed over Union County Prosecuting Attorney slot. Politics erupts in a sleepy border county.

http://www.pal-item.com/article/201...-over-prosecuting-attorney-job?nclick_check=1