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<div style="font-size:162%; border:none; margin:0; padding:.1em; color:#000;">Welcome to the Criminal Defense Wiki</div>
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* [[Criminal Justice Systems Around the World]]
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*[[Liberia|LIBERIA]] has the world's highest percentage of pre-trial detainees and remand prisoners: 97.3 %<ref>http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_stats.php?area=all&category=wb_pretrial</ref>
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*[[Rwanda|RWANDA]] has the third highest prison population rate per 100,000: 593, exceeded only by the United States (748) and Russia (598)<ref>http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_stats.php?area=all&category=wb_poprate</ref>
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==The Role and Responsibility of a Criminal Defense Lawyer==
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The criminal justice system is viewed as a three-part system  consisting of the judge and jury, the prosecutor, and the defense  lawyer.  Each part of this system has a specific role.  The role of the  judge and jury is to render an impartial decision based solely on the  facts presented and the laws applicable to the charged offense.  In  order to decide impartially, the judge and jury must be able to hear  arguments from both sides.  The prosecutor's role is to argue the side  of the state that seeks to prove the defendant's guilt.  The defense  lawyer's role is to argue on behalf of the defendant.  The defendant has  no burden of proof.  That is, the defendant need not prove his  innocence.  It is enough simply to point out ways in which the state has  not established guilt (e.g., an eyewitness has poor eyesight or an  accuser has a motive to lie).
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Latest revision as of 20:27, 30 July 2013

Welcome to the Criminal Defense Wiki
The Wiki for Criminal Defense Attorneys
1,144 articles in Arabic, English, French, Spanish or Russian

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QUICK FACTS

  • LIBERIA has the world's highest percentage of pre-trial detainees and remand prisoners: 97.3 %[1]
  • HAITI has the world's most overcrowded prisons. They are currently filled at 335.7% their official capacity.[2]
  • RWANDA has the third highest prison population rate per 100,000: 593, exceeded only by the United States (748) and Russia (598)[3]

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The Role and Responsibility of a Criminal Defense Lawyer

The criminal justice system is viewed as a three-part system consisting of the judge and jury, the prosecutor, and the defense lawyer. Each part of this system has a specific role. The role of the judge and jury is to render an impartial decision based solely on the facts presented and the laws applicable to the charged offense. In order to decide impartially, the judge and jury must be able to hear arguments from both sides. The prosecutor's role is to argue the side of the state that seeks to prove the defendant's guilt. The defense lawyer's role is to argue on behalf of the defendant. The defendant has no burden of proof. That is, the defendant need not prove his innocence. It is enough simply to point out ways in which the state has not established guilt (e.g., an eyewitness has poor eyesight or an accuser has a motive to lie).

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  1. ↑ http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_stats.php?area=all&category=wb_pretrial
  2. ↑ http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_stats.php?area=all&category=wb_occupancy
  3. ↑ http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/law/research/icps/worldbrief/wpb_stats.php?area=all&category=wb_poprate
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