For example, California Government Code § 26500 provides that “ [t]he district attorney is the public prosecutor, except as otherwise provided by law [and] [t]he public prosecutor shall attend the courts, and within his or her discretion shall initiate and conduct on behalf of the people all prosecutions for public offenses.” .
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Is a prosecutor a victim's lawyer?
Although a prosecutor regularly deals with police officers, witnesses, and victims, the prosecutor’s primary obligation is not to serve the interests of these parties. However sympathetic to the suffering of a victim, the prosecutor is also not the victim’s lawyer.
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What does a state prosecutors do?
A lawyer who initiates prosecution of criminal offenses, and presents the case for prosecution in a criminal proceeding. The official name for the position of state prosecutors is district attorney.
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What qualifications do you need to be a prosecutor?
Typically required to be authorised to practice law in the jurisdiction, law degree, in some cases a traineeship. A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system.
In certain jurisdictions, police prosecutors are employed by the police, as counsel for the prosecution, to present cases in court.
Criminal law prosecutor
Legal profession
A prosecutor is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the common law adversarial system or the civil law inquisitorial system. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a criminal trial against the defendant, an individual accused of breaking the law. Typically, the prosecutor represents the state or the government in the case brought against the accused person.
Prosecutor-General of Russia
The Prosecutor General of Russia heads the system of official prosecution in courts and heads the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation. The Prosecutor General remains one of the most powerful component of the Russian judicial system.
