Editing Prosecutor (section)

{{Short description|Legal profession}}
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{{distinguish|Prosector}}
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{{Infobox occupation
| name = Prosecutor
| image = [[Image:Prosecutor_Robert_Jackson_at_Nuremberg_Trials.jpg|250px]]
| caption = Chief Prosecutor [[Robert H. Jackson]] (on the pulpit) at the [[Nuremberg Trials]]
| official_names =
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| type = [[Profession]]
| activity_sector = [[Law]], [[law enforcement]]
| competencies = Advocacy skills, analytical mind, sense of justice
| formation = Typically required to be [[Admission to practice law|authorised to practice law]] in the jurisdiction, a law degree, in some cases a traineeship.
| employment_field = Government legal service
| related_occupation = [[Barrister]], [[solicitor]], [[advocate]], [[judge]], [[magistrate]]
| average_salary =
}}

A '''prosecutor''' is a legal representative of the prosecution in states with either the [[adversarial system]], which is adopted in [[common law]], or [[inquisitorial system]], which is adopted in [[Civil law (legal system)|civil law]]. The prosecution is the legal party responsible for presenting the case in a [[criminal trial]] against the [[defendant]], an individual accused of breaking the law. Typically, the prosecutor represents the state or the government in the case brought against the accused person.