Complete O.J. Simpson juror questionnaires released after Supreme Court order
December 29, 2009 - 10:00 pm
Questionnaires filled out by members of the jury that convicted O.J. Simpson of armed robbery and kidnapping in 2008 were released Monday.
The Nevada Supreme Court ordered Thursday that the full questionnaires be made public, stating that District Judge Jackie Glass should not have redacted them before they were released after the trial.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal and The Associated Press had sought to obtain the full jury forms.
Glass previously ruled that the completed forms wouldn't be released because she promised jurors she would keep them private.
Glass released the redacted questionnaires the day after guilty verdicts were delivered against Simpson and co-defendant Clarence Stewart.
Responses about whether jurors have children, where the jurors were born and in what neighborhoods they live were withheld.
The jury convicted Simpson, 62, and Stewart, 55, on kidnapping and armed robbery charges in connection with a hotel room holdup of two sports memorabilia dealers at Palace Station in September 2007.
Glass sentenced Simpson to nine to 33 years in prison. He has been at the Lovelock Correctional Center, a medium-security facility about 90 miles northeast of Reno.
Stewart, who received a slightly shorter sentence, is serving time at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City.
The 27-page questionnaire with 116 questions was filled out by about 500 potential jurors before the trial.
But only about 50 of the questionnaires are in the District Court evidence room, where the documents are kept.
It was not immediately known what happened to the remaining questionnaires.
A call to Glass late Monday was not immediately returned.
Simpson attorney Yale Galanter and Stewart attorney Brent Bryson said they were pleased that the full questionnaires were being made public.
Contact reporter Francis McCabe at fmccabe@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-1039.