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Dave SShe has not been on point. If she were on point, two third parties would not have appealed one of her rulings before the trial even began. If she is such a great lawyer and jurist, please help us understand why the First Amendment does not apply in her courtroom.
Attorneys Colby Williams and Donald Campbell, representing AP and the Review-Journal, said Thursday that they filed an emergency motion asking the Nevada Supreme Court to review Glass' decision.
Supreme Court clerks in Carson City did not immediately respond to an after-hours call seeking to determine if the motion was received.
"Prohibiting access to the completed questionnaires runs afoul of the First Amendment's guarantee of access to voir dire proceedings in criminal trials and precludes the media from reporting newsworthy events in a timely manner," the document said.
Review-Journal Editor Tom Mitchell called Glass' ruling "nonsense."
"She's saying she's going to abide by a promise she never should have made," Mitchell said. "What is the reason for the secrecy anyway? We're supposed to have public trials."
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As for her being fair, allowing people who perjure themselves to get out of jury service into the jury pool is, well, criminal. She should have locked the guy up.
Defense attorneys clashed with the judge in the final hours of four days of jury questioning when she refused to remove a retired policeman who repeatedly said Simpson was a murderer. He said he filled his questionnaire with such statements for shock value.
"I wanted to scare you so I wouldn't have to be here," he told defense attorney Gabriel Grasso. "I was hoping they would say, 'Oh, this guy is crazy,' and they would move on."
But the man said he later decided he wanted to serve and would put his opinions about Simpson aside and give him a fair trial.
"I'm a firm believer in the system," he said. "He won. He's a free man until he comes here."
The potential juror had written that co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart was a murderer, too, but said he made a mistake. Stewart's lawyer unsuccessfully challenged him for cause.
The man also said a friend of his took a photo with Simpson after his 1995 murder acquittal and sent it out as a Christmas card.
"I thought it was funny," the man said.
Asked if he stood by his statement that Simpson got away with murder, he said, "I did mean it. It was an honest answer. But it was used to get out of serving. Now is now. Today is today. Everyone is starting with a clean slate."
Judge Glass approved his inclusion in the jury pool. District Attorney David Roger told protesting defense lawyers that if they didn't like the man, they could use a peremptory challenge to remove him.
Rather embarrassing I would say.