Prosecution

Roles and Responsibilities

A prosecutor investigates the crime along with the police department and helps to give the police advice regarding a potential case. The prosecutor will have personal contact with the suspect of the crime along with the witnesses to the crime and victim/victims. The prosecutor has close contact with the police and once the preliminary investigations have been completed the prosecutor will review the case and make their final decision whether there is sufficient enough evidence in order to take the case to court. In the scenario were the suspect of the crime admits that they have committed the crime the suspect will impose a fine of the prosecutor, there will be no trial as it is referred to as an order of summary of punishment. However if the suspect pleads not guilty the case will be taken to a trail within a court. The main role of the prosecutor is to prove that the suspect did commit the crime. In court the prosecutor will question the suspect, along with witnesses and experts such as forensic analysts in order to present evidence that can prove the suspect is guilty of the crime.

The O.J. Simpson Case

The main prosecutor for the murder trial of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman was Marcia Clark. The rest of the prosecution team consisted of Christopher Darden and Gil Garcetti. Marcia Clark referred to O.J.Simpson as an evil man for the way he treated his wife, "He beat his wife--he's evil.". Throughout the trail Clark constantly reminded the court of how there was already many violent offences and threats towards Nicole Brown from her ex-husband O.J.Simpson. She specified how frightened Nicole Brown Simpson was of O.J.Simpson and how one day she knew Simpson was going to kill her. Marcia Clark also presented the bloody glove within court, one which was found at the crime scene and the other that was found on Simpson’s property. To which she claimed that Nicole Brown Simpson had bought him the same pair from Bloomingdales in December 1990.