Marcia Rachel Clark (born Marcia Rachel Kleks; August 31, 1953) is an American prosecutor, author and television correspondent. She was the lead prosecutor in the O. J. Simpson murder case.\n', '

Clark was born in Alameda, California, the daughter of Rozlyn (née Masur) and Abraham Kleks. Her father was born and raised in then-Mandatory Palestine, and worked as a chemist for the Food and Drug Administration. She was raised in a Jewish family. She has a younger brother by six years who became an engineer. Due to her father\'s job with the FDA, the family moved many times, living in California, New York, Michigan, and Maryland.\n', '

Clark graduated from Susan E. Wagner High School, a public high school in the Manor Heights section of Staten Island, New York City, New York. She studied at the University of California, Los Angeles, graduating in 1976 with a degree in political science, then earned a Juris Doctor degree at Southwestern University School of Law.\n', '

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