Initial stages in the criminal case

Who gathers data at the crime scene?

• Prosecutor

• Judge

• Police officers

• Investigators

First, they gather data about a crime. Who?

Answer explanation

Investigators of the agencies and the police usually meet to find out about the crime scene and its motives.

Experts search for evidence:

• Prosecutors

• Defendants

• Grand jury

• Investigators

Answer explanation

Crime scene investigators sometimes assist police officers o detectives in documenting the crime scene and gathering evidence.

If during a crime in progress the police apprehend suspects, they can but not:

• apprehend the offenders

• incarcerate the criminals

• locate and interrogate the witnesses at the scene

• secure the scene for data gathering

Answer explanation

The role of incarcerating a possible suspect is only under the rule of a judge.

Arresting the suspect is only possible after the search warrant is ordered by a

Answer explanation

A Search warrant is ordered by a judge and the police officers must carry it out.  A probable legal cause of arrest is only viable after the search warrant

What is not a task of crime scene investigators?

• Incriminate the suspect

• Preserve the crime scene

• Interview the witnesses

• Collect and package the evidence

Answer explanation

As soon as the suspect is arrested by means of the search warrant, ______ is hired to assist him/her to carry out the entire process until the verdict.

• an attorney

• a judge

• a defendant

• a prosecutor

Answer explanation

The attorney or, attorney-at-law, is the member of the legal profession that represents the client in court while pleading and defending the case. He/she is usually named as the defendant-attorney. The state may hire him/her in case the defendant does not count on support.

So...who is in charge of incriminating the suspect or defendant?

• The Grand jury

• The fiscal

• The prosecutor

• The lawyer

Answer explanation

Prosecutors are hired by the government bodies to question the suspect (defendant) at the court trial and prove their guilt.

Now, comes the indictment, which is

• the place or setting where the trial takes place

• when the person is issued or required by a grand jury.

• the formal charge issued by a policeman stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime.

• when the incriminated person is freed from jail or can avoid going to it by paying some money.

Answer explanation

The proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court told of the charges and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.

On the other hand, the formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; is used primarily for felonies.