In the Featured Article “Not Quite a Juror” your blogger predicted that the recently convicted triple murderer Reginald Carter would be sentenced to “a term of years equivalent to a life sentence.” On September 15, 2022 Reginald Carter was sentenced to a term of 205 years. While the prediction may have been an easy one it was accurate nonetheless. Carter could have been sentenced on the murder counts to as little as 45 years each. The sentences could have been concurrent rather than consecutive. It certainly appears that Reginald Carter will die in prison, regardless of how old he lives to be.
In the Featured Article “Post-Roe Indiana” your blogger accurately predicted the Indiana General Assembly’s SEA 1 barring most abortions that might otherwise take place in Indiana. Your blogger also made the easy prediction that there would be a judicial challenge. Your blogger cited Article 1 Section 1of the Indiana Constitution as the epicenter of the predicted judicial challenge. There was a judicial challenge (successful for the present) in Owen County where the trial court cited Article 1 Section 1 of the Indiana Constitution as grounds for enjoining the application of SEA 1. Your blogger predicted appellate review. An appeal has been promised by Attorney General Rokita.
What your blogger did not predict was the result of the appellate review, though doubt was expressed about the prospects of the SCOTSI stepping up as the champion for a woman’s freedom of choice. That doubt persists.
Going back a bit further in time, there was the CLB prediction from late November of 2021 of the certainty of a transfer request and the probability of a transfer grant in Payne – Elliot v. Roman Catholic Archdiocese, 180 N.E.3d 311 (Ind. Ct. App. 2021). Transfer was requested. Transfer was granted. The SCOTSI held for the Archdiocese on August 31, 2022. It remains uncertain whether SCOTUS review on certiorari will be granted.
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