What are the people called who research for a criminal trial
find evidence for the Defense Attorney or Prosector but they never actually go on in person to the trial. They basically do all the work but hand in off to the main guy.
What is this job called?
2007-03-20 12:28:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
You may be think of a legal investigator. Legal investigators are licensed private investigators or law firm staff investigators who specialize in preparing cases for trial for attorneys. Their job is to gather information and evidence which advance legal theories to benefit the client’s case. The legal investigator must possess knowledge of statutory and case law, local rules of court, civil procedure, forensic sciences, techniques of evidence collection, and its preservation and admissibility.
Legal investigators assist attorneys by reviewing police reports and discovery materials, analyzing and photographing crime or accident scenes, interviewing parties and witnesses, performing background investigations, preparing documentary and demonstrative evidence, recommending experts, and testifying in court. Legal investigators must exhibit the highest standards or professional and ethical conduct.
2007-03-20 18:29:16 · answer #1 · answered by dh1977 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We simply call them investigators. However, the title may change depending on where you live. Also, the do testify in court when needed. The people who work for the District Attorney are usually former cops and have peace officer powers. The ones who work for the Defense are usually private investigators and licensed as such.
2007-03-20 12:43:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a broad category of jobs.
It includes a private investigators, expert consultants (which are different than expert witnesses), paralegals, law clerks, and even associate attorneys in some larger firms.
2007-03-20 12:35:07 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a sufferer of a violent crime, i don't think there is this way of element as real justice for criminals. this is totally real while they homicide somebody, and somebody in my kinfolk became murdered, so i think of i can declare with actuality that there is not any "justice" to equivalent what that individual did to us. they might spend their entire existence in reformatory, they could be issued the dying Penalty; yet besides the fact that in the event that they get carry of it, and ninety 9% of them in no way do, it nonetheless won't deliver back the guy they killed. yet permitting them to out on Parole, while they took somebody's entire existence, is downright stupid IMO. And doing that makes a bleeping mockery of what they have performed to the sufferer's kinfolk.
2016-11-27 01:37:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paralegals. Also sometimes the ***'t DA's do it.
2007-03-20 13:10:01 · answer #5 · answered by Hootiesplace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋