What kinds of questions will you ask me?

There is no set list of questions, because every experience is different, and because it’s your story. In general, those these are the kinds of things we would like to know about:

We will ask you to describe your relationship to the person murdered or executed, and how this person and these effects affected your life.

We will ask you to describe how you found out about the murder or murders, and to tell us about your experiences during the murder investigation, trial, appellate proceedings, the convicted person’s time on Death Row, and the execution.

We will ask you how these events affected you at the time, afterwards, and today. For instance, did your daily routines change, and how? We’ll ask you to tell us if your personal or family life was affected, and if your work life, social life, and religious or spiritual life were changed at all, and how.

We will ask you what you experienced that you want other people – now and in the future – to know about. If you could ask other people to see the world through your eyes, what would you want them to see? What have you experienced that you wish other people would understand?