Criminal Defense Lawyers

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Criminal defense lawyers play a pivotal role in the criminal justice system by making the government prove its case against the defendant and overcome the presumption of innocence.

Criminal defense lawyers may be private practioners, or organized into law firms. In the United States and many other developed countries, many criminal defense lawyers work for public defender or legal aid ofices representing indigent defendants.