Offices in the Judicial System

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This paper comparatively discusses the origin, development, and behavior of three different offices in the United States's judicial system, those of prosecutor, private attorney, and public defender. It also examines how each of these roles interrelate with one another. The paper concludes that these three offices hold their independence, and their separation of powers is guaranteed; without the functioning of these offices, the judiciary would come to a standstill.

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"There is no relation between private attorney and prosecutor and there is no confidential or privileged communication under the law, between them. A prosecutor may be disqualified if he obtained any privileged information by any attorney-client relationship that would adversely affect the interest of the defendant in any of the pending criminal charges against him. However a lawyer who is a parent, child sibling or spouse of a prosecutor can defend a criminal case prosecuted by the other lawyer's office as long as the other lawyer does not in any manner handle the case."

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