The Latest Breaking News from The Indiana Supreme Court

Indiana man convicted of 2001 rape and murder of 15-year-old girl is executed by injection

Indiana officials have executed a man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl

The Independent UK · Oct 10, 2025

Indiana man convicted in 2001 rape and murder of teenager to be executed by lethal injection

An Indiana man convicted in the 2001 rape and murder of a teenage girl is set to die by lethal injection early Friday in the state’s third execution since resuming capital punishment last year

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2025

US state of Indiana executes Joseph Corcoran after 27 year legal battle

Joseph Corcoran had paranoid schizophrenia when he killed four people, including his brother, in 1997, his lawyers say.

Al Jazeera · Dec 18, 2024

Prosecutor Claims Official Forfeited Office by Going Nomad, Prosecutes Official for Theft, for Cashing Paychecks

No dice, says the Indiana Supreme Court, in an interesting case discussing mistakes of law.

Reason · Feb 17, 2024

Civil Forfeiture Defendants Have the Right to a Jury Trial, Says the Indiana Supreme Court

That prosecutors in the Hoosier State successfully denied people this due process is a reflection of how abusive civil forfeiture can be.

Reason · Nov 9, 2023

Indiana high court reprimands AG for remarks about 10-year-old rape victim's doctor

Both the attorney general and the doctor have now been separately reprimanded over the case, which ignited a media firestorm after abortion rights were overturned at the federal level.

WEKU · Nov 3, 2023

Indiana attorney general reprimanded for comments on doctor who provided rape victim's abortion

The Indiana Supreme Court has determined the state's attorney general engaged in attorney misconduct in statements he made about a doctor who provided an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2023

Indiana's near-total abortion ban set to take effect as state Supreme Court denies rehearing

Indiana’s near-total abortion ban is set to take effect within days after the Indiana Supreme Court denied a rehearing in the case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana

The Independent UK · Aug 21, 2023

Indiana Constitution Protects Right to Abortion When Necessary to Protect Woman's Life or Health, But Not Otherwise

In Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana v. Planned Parenthood, decided Friday, the Indiana Supreme Court (in an opinion by Justice Derek Molter, joined by Chief Justice Loretta Rush and Justice Mark Massa) concluded that the Indiana Constitution's protection of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" "protects…

Reason · Jul 1, 2023

Indiana Constitution Protects Long-Established Unenumerated Rights, Including Personal and Economic Rights

So the Indiana Supreme Court held yesterday, though it concluded that, as to abortion, this is limited to situations where the abortion is necessary to protect the woman's life or health.

Reason · Jul 1, 2023