A free presentation by local attorney Heidi Fowler explaining Indiana’s Expungement Law and local resources for legal assistance will be given on Sept. 22 beginning at 6 p.m. The event will be held at the auditorium at Ivy Tech Community College — Coliseum Campus, 3800 N. Anthony Blvd. Use door No. 6 facing Crescent Avenue.

The First Amendment protects the public’s right of access to criminal complaints filed in court against adult defendants. A law sealing such records is unconstitutional in large part because public access to the criminal complaint “reflects the importance of its role in the criminal trial process and the public’s interest in knowing its contents.” But in 2025, […]