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lawyer or the Legal Counsel of either paid or free of Legal Aid (LBH). Then the
lawyer will defend companions during in the trial court. Whenever I watch TV I
always noticed the lawyer of the accused, but some people are still wondering what
the heck work lawyers? the one really defended?
in criminal law there is a principle called the presumption of innocent, where
a person is not considered guilty before the judge convicted the accused of the
decision is legally binding (where the defendant / attorney did an appeal /
cassation). People need to know also that the person who holds the status of the
suspect or the accused was not sure he could be convicted, because the criminal is
also known as an excuse and justification.
Basically in criminal law the position of judges and prosecutors tend to be
superior to an accused and this is where lawyers play an active role to balance these
positions, then the lawyer will be on duty to protect and uphold the rights of a suspect
as entitled to a lawyer, fair treatment, entitled to receive visits from family (article 5058 criminal Code of criminal Procedure). where the role of a lawyer to ensure that
suspects / defendants receive legal certainty.
been set by the State respectively. The development of law enforcement in Indonesia
is still far from the expected because the law in Indonesia has not been carried out
fairly. It also occurs due to the ineffectiveness of the rule of law and the State's ability
to protect the rights of social and political violations citizen and authorities.