U.S. Sentencing Commission Votes Unanimously to Restrict Use of Acquitted Conduct at Sentencing by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford   On April 17, 2024, the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted unanimously to limit consideration of conduct for which a person was acquitted in federal court from being used in calculating the …

Indiana Supreme Court: Must Be Immediate Causal Connection Between Confrontation and Other Crime by Defendant to Negate Self-Defense by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Indiana reaffirmed the standard set forth in Mayes v. State, 744 N.E.2d 390 (Ind. 2001), that held a statute barring a claim …