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September 11, 2008
O.J. jury pool down to final 40
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Editor’s Note: O.J. Simpson arrived Monday for the start of his trial on robbery and kidnapping charges nearly a year after police arrested him in Las Vegas, Nevada. Prosecutors say Simpson and five other men stormed into a Las Vegas hotel room last September 13 to recover sports memorabilia that Simpson said belonged to him. They say at least two men with Simpson had guns as they robbed two sports memorabilia dealers. The following dispatches come from our Paul Vercammen covering the trial.

Paul Vercammen
CNN Senior Producer

The voir dire part of the jury selection process in the Simpson Las Vegas trial is over and the pool of 40 juror candidates is in place.

Judge Jackie Glass has ruled the news media and public can receive a blank copy of the Simpson juror questionnaire - "once the final jury is seated and sworn in to hear this case."

But Glass denied access to any copies of the completed juror questionnaire.

Two news outlets attempted to gain legal access to the lengthy questionnaire designed to weed out troublesome potential jurors in the O.J. Simpson kidnapping and armed robbery case.

The 116 questions, designed by prosecutors and defense attorneys, were aimed at ridding the case of jurors with an extreme views and or a bias for or against Simpson.

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Mike - Michigan   September 11th, 2008 5:22 pm ET

Weren't two trials two more than necessary? It only serves to feed his ego and need for attention and spotlights. Would be nice to see CNN ignore this one and place OJ on some back page.

Frank-Va   September 11th, 2008 5:36 pm ET

So if Simpson owes Fred Goldman, amoung others, where is getting the money for the lawyers?

Beth   September 11th, 2008 5:44 pm ET

I have been watching the jury selection process and it seemed to me that a lot of the jurors had "changed their mind" when asked questions directly by the lawyers. Some of them wrote in the questionaire that they felt the murder verdict was wrong but "felt differently" since they have been in the jurror questioning phase.

I don't think this judge is going to be anything like Ito. She's tough and seems to have Simpson and his "team" of attorneys under control. We'll see....

Waleed   September 11th, 2008 6:46 pm ET

I'm sick and tired of OJ Never ending problem, you know he gotten away with killing 2 people ; and we all know that, so I hope this time the jury Squeez the Juice once and for all, Enough he seem to think hes above the Law,

deb in az   September 11th, 2008 6:48 pm ET

i cant imagine that they can really find a jury that is not going to be thinking about the 2 murders that this man commited.......i think just about everyone in america watched his trial.......this man deserves the death penalty.....its ashamed that they cant give it for robbery

Hannah   September 11th, 2008 8:06 pm ET

Yes, this judge is extremely tough. Talk about your lipstick-wearing pitbulls; Jackie Glass could eat Sarah Palin for LUNCH and have room left over. That's how tough she is.

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