The Indiana Supreme Court has appointed a southern Indiana judge to preside over the third trial of a former state trooper
charged with murdering his family a decade ago, and one of the initial decisions he’ll consider is whether to move the
trial outside that region.
Defense attorneys for the former state trooper facing a third triple-murder trial want the Indiana Supreme Court to name a special judge because of what they say are delays from the current presiding judge.
A southern Indiana judge's decision to survey residents about their knowledge of a high-profile murder case is raising
questions within the legal community. It may signal a first for this type of court-conducted questioning aimed at determining
whether a third trial should be moved elsewhere in the state.
State justices have overturned the murder convictions and ordered a third trial for a former state trooper accused of killing his wife and two young children in Southern Indiana almost a decade ago.