Marcia Clark
Marcia Rachel Clark (born August 31, 1953 in Alameda , California ) is a former US prosecutor , TV correspondent and book author . She became famous in 1994 as the lead accuser in the criminal case against OJ Simpson .
life and career
Clark was born in Berkeley, California (birth name: Marcia Kleks). She attended Susan E. Wagner Public High School in Staten Island. She studied political science at UCLA and earned a JD from Southwestern University. In 1979 she was admitted to the California Bar.
She became a Los Angeles prosecutor in 1981 and was considered a talented, ambitious, and successful prosecutor. In 1994, the then 40-year-old, who had already won 19 homicide convictions, was appointed the lead prosecutor in the criminal case against OJ Simpson . Despite what was initially described as very promising evidence, Simpson was acquitted of murder charges the following year. Clark and her co-prosecutor Christopher Darden were sharply criticized by trial observers, for example for the fact that they accepted 9 dark-skinned jury members in a jury of 12 despite an atmosphere characterized by accusations of racism . The murder victim's sister, Denise Brown, described Clark as a "very insensitive" person. During a questioning of her sister, Clark openly displayed photos of the crime scene, on which her dead sister with severe neck injuries could be seen.
After the Simpson trial, Clark retired from the prosecution and wrote the book Without a doubt , in which she describes her impressions of the trial. She reportedly received a fee of $ 4 million for the book.
Private
Clark was married to Gabriel Horowitz from 1976 to 1981. The marriage remained childless. In 1981 she married her second husband, Gordon Clark, with whom she has 2 sons. The divorce followed in 1995.
Publications (selection)
- Mitigating Circumstances: A Case for Rachel Knight , Goldmann, 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-47696-1
- Deadly way out: Thriller , Munich: Goldmann, 2013, ISBN 978-3-442-47722-7
- Killer ambition: a novel , New York: Mulholland Books, 2014, ISBN 978-0-316-22093-4
- Blood defense, Seattle: Thomas & Mercer , 2016, ISBN 978-1-503-93619-5
Web links
- Marcia Clark in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Literature by and about Marcia Clark in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Literature by and about Marcia Clark in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ State Bar Information Marcia Rachel Clark , accessed July 26, 2015.
- ^ Profile of Marcia Clark , accessed July 26, 2015.
- ^ Short biography of Marcia Clark , accessed July 26, 2015.
- ^ The Life and Career of Marcia Clark Criminal Defense Attorney , accessed July 25, 2015.
- ^ Simpson Prosecution Guilty of Incompetence? , accessed July 26, 2015.
- ↑ MSNBC Interview with Denise Brown , accessed July 26, 2015.
- ^ Short biography of Marcia Clark , accessed July 26, 2015.
- ↑ Marcia Clark: A Beleaguered Working Mother Lost the OJ trial but won in the Court of Public Opinion , accessed on July 26, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Clark, Marcia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Clark, Marcia Rachel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American prosecutor, television correspondent, and book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 31, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alameda , California |