Although most of us are law-abiding citizens, it can happen that the police will suspect some people of doing something which need to be investigated. If anyone is unlucky enough to fall into this category, the first thing that they should do is to look for an expert to help through the process. These are available in plenty of course, but the best way to find them is to look online and compare which kind of services they can provide. Try looking for ‘criminal defense attorney’ or ‘criminal defense lawyer’ to see which are available locally.

Court proceedings can be a little complicated and it is often at this point that people start to panic. However, with the right expert things should go smoothly. Indeed, in some instances, where the accused is deemed to be guilty, the court prosecutor can actually offer a lower sentence for some information or help in relation to the crime or other crimes which may need solving. This is call a plea bargain, but the accused will certainly need to be represented in this case.

In the case of mistaken identity, where someone is picked out of a line up when they did not commit the crime, the expert may be able to figure out a way to get the case dismissed in the court. Very often, the police will decide that the accused is guilty even without any solid evidence. They then make matters worse by pressing the eye witnesses to make identification without being really sure that this person is the one who committed the crime. Of course, this is not correct behavior but it is only the experts who can get the mess sorted out.

There are also other terrible effects from being accused even if the person did not do the crime. Careers can be stopped mid stream since the bad publicity surrounding the whole event may be too much for the employer. Although they cannot fire the employee right away, it may just ruin any chances that they had of promotion now and in the future. If this is the case, the employee can sue the police department for false arrest etc, but this would not help the career structure and path that he may have been working towards.

For people who actually have committed crimes, the court may be able to take into account some circumstances surrounding the case. For example, a woman who has suffered mental and physical abuse over some time may actually kill or harm the husband or person who has been doing this to her. Most of the time women who have been mistreated, and who have children to take care of, will suddenly do something out of character while this person is sleeping. Some have murdered the assailant while they are sleeping and it is this kind of case that could be construed as having mitigating circumstances.

The expert will put all this evidence before the court and try to get the sentence lessened since the woman may have been in fear for her life.

Author Bio: Ellie Lewis recently worked with a Cincinnati Criminal Defense attorney while conducting research for a new article. Her daughter had an opportunity to work with a Cincinnati Criminal Defense lawyer as a legal intern during the summer.

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