These are the questions that were asked to prospective jurors in Indiana v Richard Allen, which was scheduled for May of this year but was since moved to October.
1. Name
2. Age
3. Home Address
4. If you have lived at any other address in the last five years, please list each such address
5. What is your occupation and who is your current employer?
6. If you are married or if you live with a companion, what is his or her name?
7. If you are married or if you live with a companion, please list his or her employers for the last three years, including his/her present employer:
8. With respect to other members of your household, if any, please state their names, ages, occupations, and employers, if applicable:
9. Have you or anyone close to you ever been the victim of a violent crime? If yes, please explain:
10. Are you or any member of your family related to, or a close friend of any law enforcement officer? If so, please explain:
11. Have you ever been called for jury service before?
If so, were you seated as a juror?
If so, was it a civil or a criminal case?
What was the outcome of the case?
What concerns you most about the jury system?
12. Have you ever appeared as a witness in a court?
If so, was it a civil or a criminal matter?
13. If so, for whom did you testify?
Have you or any member of your family ever been involved in a lawsuit?
If so, please describe briefly the type of lawsuit and the outcome of the proceeding:
14. How much education have you completed? (Select all that apply)
Grade School ____
High School ____
College ____
Graduate School ____
Vocational School or Specialized Training ____
15. Have you or any members of your immediate family served in the military?
If so, when and in what branch?
16. How do you keep up with the news? (Select all that apply)
TV ____
Newspaper ____
Friends ____
Magazines ____
Don't Keep Up With The News ____
17. How often do you read the newspaper?
Daily ____
Weekly ____
Monthly ____
Once In A While ____
Never ____
18. Which books, newspapers or magazines, if any, have you read in the last three months?
19. Which television programs, if any, do you regularly watch?
20. What podcasts, if any, do you regularly listen to?
21. What social media platforms do you use?
22. How reliable do you believe the media is?
Very Reliable ____
Somewhat Reliable ____
Not Reliable ____
Please explain your answer.
23. Are you familiar with the investigation and/or prosecution of Richard Allen for Murder? Yes ____ No ____
If Yes, what do you know about the case?
24. Have you heard any discussion in the local community about the prosecution of Richard Allen for Murder? Yes ____ No ____
If Yes, what have you heard?
25. Have you formed an opinion about what you have heard about this case such that your opinion would interfere with your ability to decide this case by what you hear in court? Yes ____ No ____
Please explain your answer:
26. Please list any organizations or associations to which you belong or are interested in, such as PTA, social clubs, political organizations, etc.:
27. Please list any organizations or associations to which your spouse, if any, belongs or is interested in:
28. Please list any religious organizations to which you or your spouse belongs or is interested in:
29. Do you have any disabilities or health-related problems which would make it difficult for you to serve as a juror?
30. Is there any information which you would like to provide to the court that you believe is relevant to your ability to serve as a juror in this case?
31. Do you or have you suffered from a mental illness? If you answered yes, please explain:
32. Do you have any pressing matters which would make it impossible for you to serve as a juror during the time frame of May 15th, 2024, through May 31st, 2024?
33. Have you ever heard of the Delphi murders? Yes ____ No ____
34. Do you have a family member or close friend who works in the legal system as a judge, lawyer, court reporter, paralegal, legal secretary or law enforcement officer?
If you answered yes, please explain:
35. Have you or anyone close to you been convicted of a felony? If you answered yes, please explain:
36. Are you currently on probation or serving a sentence of house arrest, work release or under suspended sentence?
37. Have you, or anyone close to you, been prosecuted for a criminal offense in Allen County and/or Carroll County? (This Does Not Include Traffic Infractions Such As Speeding)
38. Do you believe that the jury system in this country is a fair system?
Yes ____ No ____
Please explain your answer:
39. Have you ever seen anything on television related to this case?
40. Are you part of an online group, YouTube channel, or other internet-based organization that has discussed this case? If so, what group?
41. No matter what you have heard or seen about this case, and no matter what opinions you might have formed, what difficulty might you have putting all of that aside and deciding this case only on the evidence you receive in court, following the law, and deciding the case in a fair and impartial manner?
42. The jury is told not to read, watch or listen to news accounts of a trial they are involved in until it is over, and not talk to anyone about the case, and to not post anything on social media or elsewhere, including through jury deliberations.
What difficulty might you have following these instructions for any reason?