Indiana’s attorney general could gain the right to override local prosecutors, under a bill headed for the Senate floor next week. Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears has said he’ll no longer file marijuana possession cases. A Senate committee narrowly voted to allow the attorney general to answer blanket policies against certain charges by seeking a special prosecutor. Indianapolis Republican Mike Young argues prosecutors shouldn’t be allowed to simply disregard laws the legislature has passed, any more than citizens should be able to pick and choose which ones they’ll obey. If prosecutors disagree with a law, he says they should lobby legislators to change it.
