By Bennett Haeberle
WISHTV
INDIANAPOLIS — After “inadvertent” or “unintended” mistakes in Indiana’s criminal code, Indiana lawmakers will return to the statehouse next week to make technical corrections to a law set to take effect July 1.
Without the changes – they warn – court systems could become bogged down with unnecessary work, police officers could lose their arrest powers for certain misdemeanors and some convicted child molesters could potentially receive reduced sentences.
“You see there are a number of changes,” Rep. Greg Steuerwald, R-Danville, said Thursday during a news briefing with reporters on the proposed changes. “We’re doing (these changes) before anyone is affected.”
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