The Nevada Supreme Court said a judge in Clark County, Nev., should have given the media access to questionnaires from O.J. Simpson’s robbery trial.
The Nevada Supreme Court voted 6-0 Thursday that Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass’s decision to deny the press access to jury questionnaires from the 2008 trial was a bad decision based on the press’s First Amendment rights.
They stated that Glass’s promise to jurors to keep the questionnaires confidential “does not supersede the public’s and press’s First Amendment right to access criminal proceedings.”
Court justices said they ruled on the moot matter to offer judges guidance in similar cases involving juror questionnaires that could take place in the future. As part of the court’s decision, Glass was ordered to release all unredacted copies of the questionnaires. The Clark County judge previously released redacted versions of the juror surveys.
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