The Delphi Murders: The Honorable Judge Fran Gull Presiding: Part Two: ‘Complete Control of the Courtroom’
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🗓️ 5 July 2023
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Summary
A core group of important figures have arisen in the Delphi case, as it winds through the criminal justice system. Judge Fran Gull will preside over the trial, and the pre-trial hearings. Nicholas McLeland, the prosecutor of Carroll County, will speak for the state. And defense attorneys Brad Rozzi and Andy Baldwin will represent Richard "Rick" Allen, who stands accused of the murders.
We will profile each of these figures, in a bid to better understand the important people at the heart of this case.
Today, we'll be airing the second of three episodes on Judge Fran Gull. You'll hear more about the high-profile cases she's presided over as a judge.
Here's a link to the Indiana Lawyer's profile of Judge Gull: https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/33914-leadership-in-law-2014-hon-frances-c-gull
Here's a link to INSession, the Allen County Superior Court's podcast. Give it a listen! https://soundcloud.com/allensuperiorcourt
Here's a link to the book on the Richmond Hill murders: Love and Greed in the Heartland: https://www.amazon.com/Love-Greed-Heartland-Richmond-Murders-ebook/dp/B071WQ1831?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=murdersheet-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=b83bb3848012d47550f75c14b5e0f0d6&camp=1789&creative=9325
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| 0:00.0 | Content warning. This episode contains discussion of violence, sexual crimes, and murder, |
| 0:07.5 | including the murder and sexual exploitation of children. |
| 0:12.0 | Judge Francis or Fran Gull wasn't selected to preside over the trial of Richard Allen by accident. |
| 0:18.9 | Allen, of course, is accused of murdering Liberty German and Abigail Williams in Delphi, Indiana. |
| 0:25.5 | The brutal slaying of these two young girls has become a highly publicized crime, |
| 0:30.4 | people around the world care about these girls and seeing justice done in their case. |
| 0:35.3 | It would appear that the Indiana Supreme Court took this into consideration when they appointed |
| 0:40.4 | Judge Gull to the case. See, she is presided over a number of high profile cases in the past. |
| 0:46.2 | We'll talk about some of them today, along with a few other interesting aspects of Judge Gull's |
| 0:51.3 | career that may have an impact on events going forward. While we were all awaiting future |
| 0:56.1 | developments in the ongoing case against Allen, we feel that one way for us all to better |
| 1:00.6 | understand what's going on and what may happen in the future would be to take a close look |
| 1:05.9 | at the principles in the legal case, defense attorneys Brad Rosie and Andy Baldwin, |
| 1:10.5 | prosecutor Nicholas McLean, and of course Judge Fran Gull. We previously covered the careers |
| 1:16.0 | of the two defense attorneys. Today, we'll be turning our eyes towards the bench. We want to get a |
| 1:20.6 | better view of the judge who's been tasked with steering this case through the legal system. |
| 1:24.8 | In this second episode of three, we'll go into some of the more high profile cases Judge Gull |
| 1:30.4 | has presided over. Our previous episode dealt with the beginnings of her career. In our next episode, |
| 1:36.6 | we'll get an opportunity to see Judge Gull in action in one of her most impactful roles. |
| 1:44.4 | My name is Anya Cain. I'm a journalist. And I'm Kevin Greenley. I'm an attorney. |
| 1:51.2 | We first connected while looking into the Bergerchef murders in Indiana cold case. |
| 1:56.5 | Together, we built a spreadsheet documenting hundreds of cases of restaurant-related homicides. |
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