Many people have this myth in their heads about what criminal law really means. It’s the good guys versus the bad guys and the crimes scene technicians solving a murder in an hour. Reality has to interfere here, as this just does not happen in real life.<\/p>\n
In real life a criminal commits a crime and the crime that person commits is a crime against the existing social order that the rest of us live by. It’s that simple, and yet that complex a concept. Mostly though, criminal law is about punishment and deterrence as distinguished from civil law, which is more about an individual being compensated. Having said that criminal law is about punishment and deterrence brings up the other half of the coin \u2013 the defense of the criminal charged with a crime.<\/p>\n
It’s a well-known fact that the whole system of criminal law is built upon a concept of justice (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many people have this myth in their heads about what criminal law really means. It’s the good guys versus the bad guys and the crimes scene technicians solving a murder in an hour. Reality has to interfere here, as this…<\/span><\/p>\n