Courtroom Participants’ Professional
Standards
Research the
Internet and locate at least one real-life example of each of the following:
Prosecutorial misconductIneffective assistance by criminal defense
counselJudicial misconduct
Select and complete one of the following assignments:
Option
1: Paper
Option
2: Presentation
Option
3: News Article
Option 1: Paper
Write a 700-
to 1,050-word paper in which you summarize each example and address the
following questions:
What did the prosecutor do wrong? How does
immunity protect the prosecutor from the consequences of his or her misconduct?
What did the criminal defense attorney do wrong?
What is the Strickland v. Washington
standard? Refer to Ch. 10 of Courts and
Criminal Justice in America. How do the performance prong and the prejudice
prong of the Strickland standard
apply to the example? What did the judge do wrong? Which judicial
selection option—either appointment, election, or merit—would help to reduce
instances of judicial misconduct? How does the misconduct or ineffectiveness of
these courtroom participants reflect or thwart the crime control model of
criminal justice? How does the misconduct or ineffectiveness of these courtroom
participants reflect or thwart the due process model of criminal justice?
Format
your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Option 2: Presentation
Create an
8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, with a minimum of 100 words of speaker notes, in
which you summarize each example and address the following questions:
What did the prosecutor do wrong? How does
immunity protect the prosecutor from the consequences of his or her misconduct?
What did the criminal defense attorney do wrong?
What is the Strickland v. Washington
standard? Refer to Ch. 10 of Courts and
Criminal Justice in America. How do the performance prong and the prejudice
prong of the Strickland standard
apply to the example? What did the judge do wrong? Which judicial
selection option—either appointment, election, or merit—would help to reduce
instances of judicial misconduct?
How does the
misconduct or ineffectiveness of these courtroom participants reflect or thwart
the crime control model of criminal justice? How
does the misconduct or ineffectiveness of these courtroom participants reflect
or thwart the due process model of criminal justice?
Format
your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.