This assignment assesses the following Course Outcome:
PC-1.1: Engage in a team setting with professional integrity and respect.
Complete the Unit 6 Assignment: O.J. Simpson Criminal Trial
The ability to think critically is a key skill for success in the criminal justice field. It means not taking what you heard or read at face value, but using your critical thinking faculties to weigh up the evidence, and consider the implications and conclusions of the situation.
People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson was a criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court starting in 1994.
Review the details of the criminal trial of O.J. Simpson.
Additional details are below:
Famous Trials By Professor Douglas O. Linder: O. J. Simpson Trial (1995)
Britannica: O.J. Simpson trial – law case
Resource in the textbook: Chapter 9: “The Courts: Structure and Participants”
For this week’s assignment, you will be working with a learning team to create a PowerPoint presentation describing in detail the roles of the judge, the prosecutor, and the defense counsel in the case above.
The assignment requires your team to choose what role they would be interested in preparing a presentation on, the judge, the prosecutor, or the defense counsel.
Create a 10–12 slide PowerPoint presentation incorporating the following elements:
The judge is an elected or appointed public official who presides over a court of law and who is authorized to hear, sometimes to decide cases, and to conduct trials.
Identify the judge’s actions in the courtroom and how they apply to the case (minimum 3 slides).
The prosecutor is the decision-making power of prosecutors is based upon the wide range of choices available to them, in the handling of criminal defendants, the scheduling of cases for trial, and the acceptance of negotiated pleas.
Identify the prosecutor’s actions in the courtroom and how they apply to the case (minimum 3 slides).
The defense counsel is a licensed trial lawyer hired or appointed to conduct the legal defense of a person accused of a crime and to represent him or her before a court of law.
Identify the defense counsel’s actions in the courtroom and how they apply to the case (minimum 3 slides).
Cite a minimum of three references consistent with APA guidelines.
Your 10–12 slide requirement is excluding your title, introduction, and reference slides.
Use one basic slide design and layout.
Text large enough to be read by your audience (font size 20–34 point).
Limit slides to between 6 and 8 lines of content.
You may use pictures, charts, and graphs to supplement your material as long as they do not take up the entire slide.
Use bullets for your main points.
Use speaker notes to fully explain what is being discussed in the bullet points as though you are presenting to an audience, and be sure to follow the Standard English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.).
Viewpoint and purpose should be clearly established and sustained.
The presentation should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
Your work should display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics.
An appropriate citation style should be followed.
You should also make sure to:
Use examples to support your discussion.
Cite all sources on a separate reference slide at the end of your PowerPoint and reference and cite within the body of the presentation using APA format and citation style. For more information on APA guidelines, visit Academic Tools.
Britannica, T. Editors of Encyclopedia (2023, July 24). O.J. Simpson trial. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/O-J-Simpson-trial
Cawthon, E. A. (2012). The Trial of Orenthal James Simpson. In Facts On File Library of World History. Famous Trials in History (pp. 409-413). Facts on File. https://link-gale-com.libauth.purdueglobal.edu/apps/doc/CX2023500105/GVRL?u=chic13451&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=c81c6c06
Famous Trials by Professor Douglas O Linder. (2023). O. J. Simpson trial (1995). https://famous-trials.com/simpson
Comments from Customer
I only need 3 slides for the prosecution only not 6
