Suspect

Suspect

Introduction

There are various laws and legal terminologies that are used in the laws in order to define the cases and to carry out the legal law operations. These terminologies are seines on the international law so that the standard case studies can be carry out regarding all the similar cases. There are various legal rights and the duties that are defined under all the terminologies that are related to the law and legal issues. The following section aims at discussing in detail some specific terminologies that are important to understand.

Discussion

Question 1: What is a suspect?

The in the terminology of law and legal regulations, the suspect is the person upon whom there is a doubt that the crime is committed by him or her. The innocent party, if is not sure about the criminal who has committed the crime provide some names to which they suspect that the crime has been committed. The police authorities then are in charge of making the careful investigation while keeping in view the rights of the suspects and if the suspect is found to be the true criminal of the case, then the suspect become the accused. In the South African legal rights, the suspect is given various rights so that the basic rights of the suspect cannot be violated and it is also specified in the law that the suspect must be treated in appropriate and the respect manner until and unless the crime is not confirmed upon the person who is suspected.

In most of the cases that are initially handled by the police authorities, the word suspect is sometime is used in an inappropriate manner. In most of the cases, the suspect is utilized for the individuals who have committed the criminal activities such the robbery, attack etc instead of the word accused. The suspect and the perpetrator have significant differences. The suspect is used for the person upon which the people have the doubt that the crime has been undertaken by it, whereas, the perpetrator or the accused is the real performer of the crime who are actively engaged in carrying out the criminal activity.

Question 2: What is an accused?

The accused is used for the person who has actually committed the crime and the people have firm doubt that the crime is committed by that person. The accused is the person who is charged in the legal and formal way with the responsibility of the losses that are occurred to the innocent party. In order to give the name of accused to someone, the proper evidences are required that are verified legally in order to arrest the person and to take legal actions against it. There are various trials that are carried out to make the accused person responsible for actual crime. Most times there are the number of people that have committed the crime as well as also there are the evidences against each of the individuals that also reveals that the crime is committed by all the ...