What do criminal lawyers do? Most people have watched law based programmes on the television and believe they know what criminal lawyers do. There might be some parallels in what they do but sometimes what lawyers do on TV is a romantic version of reality. In reality, criminal lawyers have very huge caseloads and mountains of paperwork. It isn’t impossible to provide a detailed picture of what criminal lawyers do on a daily basis. It depends on the firm they work for and the particular caseload or caseloads they have.
Strategy And Points Of Law
One aspect of their work involves reading previous cases to understand how they were dealt with and analysing the points of law noted in those cases. They will also spend time in brainstorming sessions with other partners discussing their caseloads and “strategy”.
Making Deals
Criminal lawyers meet up with prosecutors to discuss deals. The aim is to obtain lesser charges for their clients and get a more lenient sentence. However, this is not always the case, the criminal lawyer might try to convince the prosecutor that their client has a strong case to get the prosecutor to revise their charges and drop them to a lesser charge.
Fiction V Reality
Criminal law in Edinburgh is not as romantic as shown on the television. Criminal lawyers know this. They are aware of the realities their clients face so they spend time with defendants breaking down the issues they are facing, explaining what the defendant can expect when their case is finally heard.
Loopholes and Technicalities
Most of what criminal lawyers do is not visible to everyone. A lot of their time is spent in preparation, getting to grips with the case, looking at loopholes, legal technicalities, miscarriages of justice, etc. A defendant cannot spend a lot of time on their case, so the criminal lawyer does this on their behalf. This involves chasing up witnesses who may be able to help the defendant. They sometimes provide the bridge between witnesses from the other side who might not speak to the defendant directly.
Art Imitating Life
One similarity between criminal lawyers in Edinburgh and the television is that criminal lawyers hire private investigators; they may dig up evidence to contradict witnesses the prosecution is depending on; especially, if their stories are contradictory, or there are reasonable doubts.
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