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 O.J. Simpson case. 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.

o   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.

o   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.

o   Identify the defense counsel's actions in the courtroom and how they apply to the case (minimum 3 slides).

The suggested keywords below can be tried on the Find page of this guide, in ProQuest, Gale eBooks, and in Credo Reference. Search them as shown below, or combine them in any way you like:

• O.J. Simpson murder trial
• trial judge
• courtroom prosecutor 
• defense counsel

In addition, search within the Library's legal databases HeinOnline and/or Westlaw with the keywords O. J. Simpson murder trial

Don't forget that the PG Library provides databases containing academic video resources.