Fourth Amendment

  • WHEN JUSTICE COMMITS CRIME: PART 2

    ByJimmie Clayton

    Qualified immunity no longer just protects officers after the fact—it reshapes policing behavior at the point of encounter. By insulating discretion from accountability, the doctrine shifts constitutional risk onto citizens and allows violations to persist without correction, especially in Indiana, where no state-level remedy exists.

  • WHEN JUSTICE COMMITS CRIME: PART 1

    ByJimmie Clayton

    POLICING: THE POINT OF ORIGIN In Indiana, every failure that follows in the criminal justice system begins at the same place: the first encounter between law enforcement and the citizen. Before there is a charging decision, before a public defender is appointed, before a risk assessment score is generated under Indiana’s pretrial framework (see Indiana…