Statute drastically loosened for Indiana's public intoxication law

Walking home drunk peacefully will no longer be a crime, according to an Indiana law taking effect Monday.

Before, police officers could arrest any person for public intoxication who they deemed to be intoxicated in a public place. Now, the law requires police to prove arrested persons meet at least one of these standards: endangering the life of themselves or another person; breaching the peace; or harassing, annoying or alarming another person.

The law was a legislative response after the controversy surrounding the 2008 case of Brenda Moore in Indianapolis.

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