The Fentanyl Files: Dealing Resulting in Death: A Conversation with Chief Defender Tim Sledd

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🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Today, as part of our new occasional series The Fentanyl Files, we’re going to focus specifically on a defense perspective.

In 2018, the Indiana legislature passed a law making dealing resulting in death a level 1 felony. When a person dies of a drug overdose, dealers responsible for securing them the deadly substance face substantial prison time.

But some believe that this law is targeting the wrong people — low-level dealers, who may be addicts themselves. These critics want the state of Indiana — and the United States of America as a whole — to start thinking big picture and playing the long game when it comes to fighting the War on Drugs.

To find out more about this perspective — along with information on what it's like to defend clients in dealing resulting in death cases — we spoke with Timothy Sledd, the Chief Public Defender of Indiana's Lawrence County.

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