What is the difference between a prosecutor and a lawyer?

The difference between a prosecutor and a lawyer is as follows:

There are obvious differences between public prosecutors and lawyers in professional nature, interest relationship and representative responsibility.

1, professional nature: the public prosecutor belongs to the national judicial personnel and is a civil servant, who brings a lawsuit against the criminal suspect on behalf of the state. Lawyers are freelancers, and as representatives of criminal suspects, they are responsible for proving the innocence or light crimes of criminal suspects.

2. Representing interests: The public prosecutor represents the interests of the state and charges the criminal suspect, which is equivalent to the plaintiff. The lawyer represents the interests of the defendant and defends.

3. Duties: The public prosecutor's duty is to expose the criminal acts of criminal suspects and prove their crimes. The duty of a lawyer is to protect the rights and interests of the defendant through legal means, defend the defendant and strive for favorable results.

There are obvious differences between lawyers and judges in many aspects:

1. working purpose: judges are national judges, and their purpose is to safeguard social fairness and justice and serve the people wholeheartedly. Lawyers, on the other hand, are practitioners who provide legal services to clients, and their purpose is to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of clients.

2. Way of thinking: Judges need to think from a fair perspective and try and judge cases with an objective and fair position. Lawyers need to think from the client's point of view, even if they are facing the wicked, they should also think from the perspective of the wicked.

3. Personality characteristics: In most cases, judges are sedate and reserved, and lawyers are explicit.

To sum up, the difference between a public prosecutor and a lawyer is that the public prosecutor is the representative of the country and is responsible for accusing the criminal suspect of criminal acts, which is generally held by the procuratorate and is equivalent to the plaintiff.

Legal basis:

Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China

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Public security organs are responsible for the investigation, detention, execution of arrest and preliminary examination of criminal cases. The people's procuratorate shall be responsible for the prosecution, approval of arrest, investigation and prosecution of cases directly accepted by procuratorial organs. The people's court is responsible for the trial. Except as otherwise specified by law, no other organ, organization or individual has the right to exercise these powers. In criminal proceedings, the people's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs must strictly abide by the relevant provisions of this Law and other laws.