Need for legal practitioners in a criminal case

3 reasons why lawyers are needed in a criminal case

Reason 1

• preps and runs cases on behalf of clients. Aperson reping themselves lacks the skills & experience to navigate the criminal justice system such as explanation of witnesses

Reason 2

• have a duty to act honestly and not to decieve or mislead the court, this takes priority over their duty to their client

• A self represented accused does not generally have objectively and maybe overal invested or emotional

Reason 3

• judge/magistrate can assist self represented accused people to an extent in understanding the provcesses, they cannot advocate on their behalf

S & W of the use of legal practitioners

Strengths

• are excepts who can help the accused person navigate the criminal justice system

• have objectively in being able to make decisions in the criminal case

• helps avoid delays that arise w self reping

• trail may slow due to limited knowledge of self repping

Weaknesses

• not al legal pracs are equal or have the same level of experience & skills

• not everyone can afford legal rep, so some ppl may be left to rep themselves

• legal rep may not assist the accused for ppl who have language barriers or sufferingf from trauma