Please follow the below instructions, complete the questionnaire, and mail the completed form to the below address:
Truth and Justice Foundation President and Founder Greater Washington, D.C. Area P.O. Box 100411 Arlington, VA 22210, USAThis questionnaire is for use with:
Instructions. When completed, the following questionnaire will be useful in determining whether or not forensic tests can be applied to the defendant's case.
This questionnaire covers defendants who have been falsely accused and wrongfully convicted of criminal events, and defendants who have been wrongfully accused and punished for non-criminal acts of which the defendant is innocent.
If one of the above forensic tests can be used, the questionnaire might then serve as a guide to initiate case investigation.
If you do not have information about specific questions, please fill in the blank with one of the following:
No information available.
Or, Information available from: attorney, friend, relative, advocate, newspaper company, etc. Please provide their name(s) and phone number(s), postal address(es), and/or email address(es).
Finally, please respond briefly, completely, directly, clearly, and accurately to each question. Also, please sign the document.
1. Overview of Defendant's Case
In one short paragraph below, please describe the key elements of the defendant's case or of the non-criminal act or event that occurred. This overview must be brief.
Please provide us with a good understanding of the whole case in just one paragraph. You should include brief answers to the following types of questions: Who is involved? What happened? When did it happen? Where did it happen? Why did it happen? How did it happen? Who were the victims? Who investigated the case? What is the truth? What were the charges? Are DNA and fingerprints available? When is / was the trial? What was the defendant's sentence? What is the name and address of the prison? Was it a federal, state, or local case? ? What is the defendant's alibi? What must be done to begin work on this case? Why is the defendant innocent? (Please, just one short paragraph – an overview of the case.)
2. Full name and age of defendant(s):
3. Address of defendant:
4. Name, address, phone number, and email address of person filling out this form (if other than the defendant):
5. Name of alleged crime or non-criminal act / event:
6. Who is the most objective and well-informed person(s) for us to talk to about the case – crime, alibi, evidence, and / or non-criminal act / event? Please include full names, telephone numbers, postal addresses, and email addresses. Who possesses the most accurate information about the case other than the defendant?
7. Full name, address, telephone number, and email address of the defense attorney(s) who represented the defendant or who supported the defendant in a civil or non-criminal act / event.
8. Date of conviction or punishment for a non-criminal act / event:
9. Date of the crime or other alleged wrong-doing (non-criminal act / event):
10. Court and address in which the defendant was convicted, or, the organization and address by which the defendant was wrongfully accused / punished:
11. Description of criminal sentence or other non-criminal punishment, e.g., firing from job:
12. Location of the crime or non-criminal act / event, including full address if available:
13. Name, address, telephone number, and email address of the police department, sheriff’s office, and/or other law enforcement organization that investigated the crime. If not a criminal act / event, please provide the contact information of the organization or individuals that investigated the non-criminal corporate or private act / event:
14. Full name, rank, telephone number, postal and email address of the investigator(s) or officer(s) that investigated the crime or non-criminal act / event:
15. Full name, address, telephone number, and email address of the prosecuting attorney or organization's security chief:
16. Name and age of the crime victim(s) and if he/she survived or not:
17. Brief description of the crime(s) or non-criminal act / event:
18. Does the defendant(s) claim innocence?
19. What evidence is available that shows that the defendant(s) is innocent?
20. Brief description of the defendant’s alibi (people, places, times, circumstances, DNA, fingerprints, photographs, unusual subjects, etc.):
21. Name, address, phone number, and email address of alibi witness(es):
22. Why was the crime or non-criminal act / event committed? What is the most plausible explanation for the crime or non-criminal act / event, other than that the defendant committed it? What evidence is there of this? Are there alternative suspects and who are they?
23. Are there witnesses who lied at the trial or during the meeting of the organization's officials in order to implicate the defendant? If so, please give names, phone numbers, and addresses if known.
24. Brain Fingerprinting, DNA, and fingerprint evidence assist investigators to determine if a suspect was at the scene of the crime or non-criminal event. They do not directly indicate or detect guilt, innocence, lying, or truth telling.
In the case of Brain Fingerprinting, to exonerate an innocent defendant, we need details about the crime or non-criminal act / event that the perpetrator would know, but the innocent defendant does not know. Brain Fingerprinting can show scientifically that an innocent defendant does not have these details about the crime stored in his brain.
What is needed is information that the perpetrator would have encountered while committing the crime or the non-criminal act, but the innocent defendant has never been told during the course of the investigation and trial -- so the real perpetrator would know the information, but the innocent defendant does not.
Do you know of any details in any way related to the crime or non-criminal act / event, the crime scene or place in which the event occurred, or the events surrounding the crime or non criminal act that the innocent defendant does not or may not know?
Do you know if DNA and fingerprints are available in this case and where the evidence is stored / secured? If so, please describe in detail.
25. What document and / or who would be the best source(s) that you know of to obtain details about the crime or non-criminal act / event that the defendant may not know?
26. Are funds available to pay for Brain Fingerprinting Testing if it is determined that the Brain Fingerprinting Test can be used to test the defendant? Are funds available to pay for DNA and fingerprinting tests? Please name and give contact information of the source of funds?
27. Other comments regarding the case?