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Criminal Defense
Criminal Defense involves prosecution by the state or federal government of a person or business for an act that has been classified as a crime. Any act or omission of an act in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it is considered a "crime." With the exception of strict liability crimes, most crimes consist of three elements: an act (actus reus), a mental state (mens rea) and the intent to do social harm. Crimes are classified as "misdemeanors" (less serious offenses that are normally punishable by a fine like some traffic violations, petty theft, or possession of a small amount of marijuana) and "felonies" (more serious offenses that warrant imprisonment of one or more years, such as rape, grand theft, assault and battery, assault with a deadly weapon, or homicide/murder).
In Criminal Defense Law, the suit is initiated by the state or federal government through a prosecutor. The prosecutor in a criminal defense law case has to prove to the judge or jury "beyond the shadow of a doubt" that the defendant is guilty of the crime charged. Criminal Defense Investigations is by design working with the defendant and the defendant's attorney to disprove the prosecutions case.
Civil Cases
Civil Cases seeks to resolve non-criminal disputes such as disagreements over the meaning of contracts, property ownership, divorce, child custody, and damages for personal and property damage. A civil court is a place where people can solve their problems with people peacefully. The function of civil law is to provide a legal remedy to solve problems. Sometimes civil law is based on a state or federal statute; at other times civil law is based on a ruling by the court. The person who feels he or she has not been treated fairly by another person and seeks a solution in a civil court is the Plaintiff. This party has the burden of proving that he or she was treated unfairly. The person who the plaintiff claims has treated him or her unfairly is the Defendant. A professional private investigator can work either for the plaintiff or the defendant in a civil case and the investigators work will be determined by which party they are working for.
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