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More than 10 Years After Criminal Code Reform, Indiana Piles on New Penalties

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A decade after Indiana overhauled its criminal code to reduce incarceration, lawmakers approved more than a dozen new crimes and sentencing enhancements.

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More than 10 years after criminal code reform, Indiana piles on new penalties

A decade after Indiana overhauled its criminal code to reduce incarceration, lawmakers approved more than a dozen new crimes and sentencing enhancements.

After the neglect of the first few weeks, the bicameral committee studying the Penal Code bill, which has been like a ping-pong ball in Congress for two decades, took seriously the idea of approving it in this legislative session, which ends on July 26. That Monday, the group of legislators made more progress than ever since they decided to accelerate the study: they began with Article 287 and approached 380. That represents around 90% of the 41…

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News and Tribune broke the news in on Monday, June 30, 2025.
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