The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals is considering a request to release previously sealed juror voir dire questionnaires from the Chandra Levy trial.
Ingmar Guandique, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala with a criminal history, was charged in Levy’s murder in 2009. As part of the voir dire process in Guandique’s murder trial, jurors were asked to complete an 11-page, 55-question questionnaire.
The jurors’ responses were never released to the public. Instead, D.C. Superior Court Judge Gerald Fisher released basic demographic information about the jurors: name, age, education level, and profession. The completed questionnaires, however, were sealed.
Media outlets and interest groups, including The Washington Post, Associated Press, Gannett, and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP), have urged the court to release the questionnaires since 2010. Judge Fisher has refused, as he promised the jurors that their responses would remain confidential.
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