Marcia Rachel Clark (born Marcia Rachel Kleks ; August 31, 1953) is an American prosecutor, author, and television correspondent. He is the chief prosecutor in the murder case of O. J. Simpson.
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Early life and education
Clark was born in Alameda, California, daughter of Rozlyn (nÃÆ' Â © e Masur) and Abraham Kleks. His father was born and raised in Israel, and works as a chemist for the Food and Drug Administration. He grew up in an Orthodox Jewish family. He has a six-year-old brother who became an engineer. Due to his father's work with the FDA, the family moved many times, living in California, New York, Michigan, and Maryland.
Clark graduated from Susan E. Wagner High School, a public high school in Manor Heights section of Staten Island, New York City, New York. He studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating in 1976 with a degree in political science, then earned his Doctor Juris degree at the University of Law Faculty of the Southwest.
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Careers
Attorney
Clark was accepted in the State Bar of California in 1979. He was in private practice and worked as a public defender for the city of Los Angeles before becoming a prosecutor in 1981. He worked as deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County, California, and was mentored by prosecutor Harvey Giss.
Clark was remembered as the chief prosecutor at the 1995 O. J. Simpson trial on the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson, his ex-wife, and Ron Goldman. Prior to this trial, Clark's highest profile prosecution was in 1991, when he sued Robert John Bardo for the murder of television star Rebecca Schaeffer. In his book Anger: Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Disappears with Murder, Vincent Bugliosi blames the release of O. J. Simpson over the lack of court preparations of Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden, prosecution incompetence, and lack of court work ethics.
Clark said that the media attention he received during the trial was a "hell of a trial," calling himself "famous in a rather frightening way". Originally described as "grim, not funny, even angry" by the media, Clark was advised by a jury consultant to "speak softer, dress more gently, wear pastels" as a means of enhancing his image. She later changed her hairstyle to perm, and the Los Angeles Times described it as "Sigourney Weaver, just more professional." The New York Times commented that "the transformation was not entirely smooth, sometimes Ms. Clark slid between her new and previous self, showing signs of formality and occasional rigidity."
Clark resigned from the DA's office after the case of O. J. Simpson and left behind the trial practice. She and Teresa Carpenter wrote a book on the Simpson case, Without Doubt , in a deal reported to be worth $ 4.2 million.
Since Simpson's trial, Clark has made numerous appearances on television, including being a "special correspondent" for Entertainment Tonight. She provides coverage on high profile trials and reports from the red carpet at awards events such as Emmy Awards. She is a guest attorney on the short series of Power of Attorney , and also featured on HLN Headline News ( HLN), where she analyzes Casey's trial Anthony. In July 2013, Clark made a comment to CNN about George Zimmerman's trial in Florida for the murder of Trayvon Martin.
Clark wrote a trial script for the TV series titled Borderland , centered on the "very dark version of DA office", bought by FX but never produced. He has donated the actual crime article to The Daily Beast .
Clark has written several novels. Her 'Rachel Knight' series centered on a prosecutor at the Los Angeles District Attorney's office, and included Guilt By Association (2011), Guilt By Degrees (2012), > Killer Ambition (2013), and The Competition (2014). Guilt by the Association is adapted as a television pilot for TNT by 2014.
Instead, Clark 'Samantha Brinkman' series featured a woman who was a defense attorney. These include Blood Defense (2016), Moral Defense (2016), and Snap Judgment (2017), and are being adapted into a TV series for NBC , co-authored by Clark. Clark never wished to be a writer, but said, "As a lawyer, I began to understand from the beginning that telling stories plays a very important part when you talk to jurors, so I think my instincts are always there when it comes to weaving.. "She reads Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys mystery fiction as a child, and says" I have been addicted to evil since I was born I made a criminal story when I was a child aged 4- or 5 years. "
In popular culture
In August 2013, Clark appeared as Sidney Barnes's Lawyer in the episode of Pretty Little Liars, "Now You See Me, Now You Are Not."
In 2015, Clark parodied to the sitcom Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt in the form of the character "Marcia," described by Tina Fey. Fey was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for the role.
Clark appeared in the documentary miniseries 2016 O.J.: Made in America . She was played by Sarah Paulson in the 2016 television series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story , which focuses on the trial of O. J. Simpson. Paulson's performance when Clark earned widespread acclaim, and he won the Emmy Primetime Award and the Golden Globe Award for the role. Clark attended the Emmy Award with Paulson on September 18, 2016. Katey Rich wrote in Vanity Fair that this series puts Clark as a "feminist hero".
Personal life
When Clark was 17, he was raped on his way to Eilat, Israel. He has said that it was an experience he did not handle until some time later, and that tells him why he became a prosecutor.
In 1976, Clark married Gabriel Horowitz, an Israeli professional backgammon player. They met while attending UCLA. They received the "Tijuana divorce" in 1980, and had no children. Horowitz was on the news after he (or his mother) sold Clark's topless photo to the National Enquirer during the trial of O. J. Simpson.
In 1980, Clark married his second husband, Gordon Clark, a computer programmer and system administrator employed in the Church of Scientology. They divorced in 1995 and had two sons, born around 1990 and 1992. Gordon argued at the trial of detention during the Simpson trial that he should receive custody of their children because of the long hours that Marcia used for the trial.
Clark no longer considers himself a religious man, though he was raised by Jews and his first marriage was a conservative Jewish ceremony. He is a member of the Church of Scientology but since 1980 no longer associated with him.
He lives in Calabasas, California.
Bibliography
Non-fiction
- Without a Doubt with Teresa Carpenter (1997). Viking Press. ISBN 978-0-670-87089-9 Rachel Knight series
- Guilt by the Association (2011). Book of Mulholland. ISBN 978-0-316-12951-0
- Guilt by Degrees (2012). Book of Mulholland. ISBN 978-0-316-12953-4
- Killer Ambition (2013). Book of Mulholland. ISBN 978-0-316-22094-1
- Competition (2014). Book of Mulholland. ISBN 978-0-316-22097-2
- "If I'm Dead: A Rachel Knight Story" (2012). Book of Mulholland. Digital.
- "Difficulties in Heaven: A Rachel Knight Story" (2013). Book of Mulholland. Digital.
- Blood Defense (2016). Thomas & amp; Mercer. ISBN 978-1-503-93619-5
- Moral Defense (2016). Thomas & amp; Mercer. ISBN 978-1-503-93977-6
- Snap Judgment (2017). Thomas & amp; Mercer. ISBN: 978-1-542-04599-5
- Marcia Clark on IMDb
- Interview in SHOTS Crime and Thriller Ezine June 2011
- California State Bar Entry for Marcia Clark
Series Samantha Brinkman
References
External links
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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