what is a criminal justice lawyer?

Answer 1

In a nutshell: Criminal Justice Lawyer

The job involves many aspects of maintaining the law.
A criminal Justice Lawyers work-
Oral arguments in court
Research and drafting of court papers
advocacy (written or oral) in administrative hearings.
Legal advice (any any given legal matter)
Prosecution of criminal suspects.

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Answer 2

The whole basis of the adversarial system of criminal justice is that if the prosecution does everything they can to pursuade the jury of the defendants guilt, and the defense does everything they can to pursuade them of his innocence, that is the best way to bring out all the facts and get to the truth.

If you're a defense lawyer you have to remind yourself of that even if you think your client is a scumbag.

Several years ago I helped handle an appeal for someone who'd been convicted of a really nasty child rape. His defense had been horrible, because his defense attorney had been convinced he was guilty, and did the minimum he could get away with, because - even though there were obvious problems with the case - he didn't want to be responsible for setting such an evil man free.

Fast forward 15 years to the appeal. DNA testing, which didn't exist when the crime was first tried, was finally authorized by the court over the objections of the DA. Guess what... it proved that he didn't do it.

Not only that, but when we reviewed the case notes, we found that there was enough non-DNA evidence that the identification of the suspect was bad that (Had the first defense lawyer done his job properly) he'd probably have been acquitted at his first trial. That he wasn't was because the defense lawyer thought he didn't deserve a proper defense because he was *SURE* the guy was guilty.

Richard

Answer 3

I asked my father that once, when he had gotten a fellow off from the various charges involving driving while drunk and killing someone in an accident. He said "Being a lawyer has nothing to do with justice, fairness, and only a little with the law. It is about getting the best deal for your client."