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For the third time in almost 8 years, the Indiana Supreme Court is hearing a case on whether police in Grant County have the authority to seize a man’s

Tyson Timbs' Range Rover isn't all that's at stake when State v. Timbs returns to court Feb. 4, writes his attorney, Sam Gedge.

Editorial Civil forfeiture, coronavirus, diversity and – of course – cold beer and cursive writing. Diverse topics, for sure, and each is included among the first bills filed in the General Assembly for its 2021 legislative session. Lawmakers will take their seats in Indianapolis on Monday, and crafting the state's budget will be among their first priorities. But the dozens of early filings by state senators – nothing has been posted so far in the House – provide a glimpse at other ways elected officials are working to shape policies affecting Hoosier lives. They also represent an opp...

What a year! Pandemic, civic unrest, national elections -- 2020 has been a year of tumult that can't be done with soon enough. But when it comes to drug policy, it wasn't all bad; in fact, a lot of it was pretty darned good. Some of it however was quite tragic Here's our year-end round up of the biggest drug policy stories of the year. Update: The 2020 top ten list now goes to eleven, with Congress removing the drug conviction question from the federal financial aid for college form. See below. The Pandemic Just as it has infiltrated just about every aspect of American life, the coronavirus p...

Editorial Asset forfeiture remains inherently inequitable Tyson Timbs is one of the lucky ones. In April, a Grant County judge ordered Timbs' SUV returned. The $35,000 Land Rover he bought with an inheritance was seized by police when he was accused in 2013 of selling about $500 worth of heroin. Legal wrangling over the vehicle lasted nearly a decade and took Timbs and his lawyers from courtrooms in northeast Indiana to the U.S. Supreme Court and back again. The SUV was returned after civil forfeiture laws were challenged and the high court ruled the Constitution's ban on excessive fines exte...