Courtroom Participants’ Professional
Standards

Research the
Internet and locate at least one real-life example of each of the following:

• Prosecutorial misconduct

• Ineffective assistance by criminal defense
  counsel

• Judicial 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.