| Prosecutors play a central role in the criminal justice | | | | license is suspended for one year. A second time |
| system in the U.S.A. Prosecutors are governments' | | | | offender has to pay $1700 or more in fees, $3000 in |
| lawyers who complete cases of the government | | | | insurance surcharges and a driver?s license is |
| against defendants. The government has the role to | | | | suspended for two years. The offender has to do |
| investigate, arrest and charge a person who is | | | | either 48 hours IDRC or a 48 hours jail term. The third |
| suspected of criminal activity and the prosecutor does | | | | term offender has to cough up over $2500, plus |
| the work. | | | | $4000 surcharge, and license privileges are revoked |
| A prosecutor is called as city attorney, county | | | | for ten years with a mandatory 180-day jail sentence. |
| attorney or district attorney. The prosecutor is the | | | | DUI attorneys need to be experienced and experts in |
| adversary of a criminal defendant and the attorney. | | | | the field of criminal law. The prosecutor may be facing |
| These two have a head to head confrontations in the | | | | an experienced criminal defense attorney. Prosecutors |
| court. | | | | have the important task of deciding whether to pursue |
| Drunk driving is one among the biggest killers in the | | | | drunk driving cases in court. The local police hands |
| country. Hence, laws in states like New Jersey have | | | | over the cases to the prosecutor. The prosecutor |
| strict DUI (driving under influence) and DWI (driving | | | | considers whether the case is legally sound, whether it |
| while intoxicated) is stringent. A conviction for DUI or | | | | can be proved and the relevant policies considerations. |
| DWI can drain your financial resources and impair your | | | | The prosecutor or the District Attorney then files the |
| ability to work. | | | | case against the defendant and represents the voice |
| In New Jersey, a first time offender has to pay $650 | | | | of the government. In drunk driving case, the arresting |
| dollars or more in various fees and a $3000 insurance | | | | officer is the key witness. The D.A is very powerful in |
| surcharge for three years. A convicted offender also | | | | drunk driving cases, and take the case from the police |
| has to spend 12 hours in IDRC (Intoxicated Driver | | | | to the court representing the government in court. |
| Resource Center) and 30 days in prison. A driving | | | | |