criminal law
Legal defense in criminal proceedings and protection of fundamental rights.
Criminal law is the branch of law that regulates crimes, penalties and security measures imposed by the State. Its main purpose is to protect the most important legal assets of society such as life, liberty, integrity and patrimony and to punish the conducts that violate them.
At Jurídicas y Contables we have a team specialized in criminal law that offers technical defense, comprehensive advice and legal accompaniment in all stages of a criminal process, both to victims and to the investigated or accused. Our priority is to protect your rights, your freedom and your integrity within the Colombian criminal system.
What is Criminal Law?
It is the set of legal norms that define crimes, determine the corresponding penalties and regulate the criminal procedure. It is in charge of establishing when a conduct constitutes a crime or contravention, how it should be investigated and judged, and what legal consequences it generates.
It includes both substantive criminal law (crimes and penalties) and criminal procedural law (procedures and judicial guarantees).
How does this service work?
At Jurídicas y Contables we offer specialized assistance in:
- Criminal Defense of Accused or Accused Legal assistance from the moment of capture, summons or opening of investigation.
- Representation before prosecutors, criminal judges, courts and tribunals.
- Elaboration of defense strategies, evidence and requests for release or pre-agreements.
- Accompaniment in preliminary hearings, trials and appeal or cassation phases.
- Representation of Victims Advice in the filing of criminal complaints. Representation of victims as civil party in criminal proceedings.
- Processing of requests for integral reparation and protection measures.
- Advice in Special Criminal Proceedings Crimes against public administration (embezzlement, bribery, prevarication, etc.).
- Economic, patrimonial or computer crimes.
- Domestic violence, sexual crimes, injuries, homicides.
- Crimes committed by adolescents or minors.
- Proceedings with special jurisdiction or military criminal regime.
What is this service for?
- To exercise a legal technical defense and guarantee if you are being investigated or charged.
- To assert your rights as a victim of a crime and obtain justice.
- To avoid abuses of authority, arbitrary detentions or violations of due process.
- To clearly know your legal situation, risks and procedural options.
- To face the criminal justice system with a solid, ethical and effective strategy.
Who is it for?
- People under investigation, captured or charged in criminal proceedings.
- Victims of crimes who wish to take legal action.
- Relatives of persons deprived of liberty, in search of reliable legal advice.
- Adolescents or parents of minors involved in criminal situations.
- Public officials, businessmen or professionals involved in economic or fiscal crimes.
- Any person in need of guidance in a delicate legal situation.
Key information
- Everyone has the right to the presumption of innocence and to a process with all the guarantees.
- Having a criminal lawyer from the early stages makes a difference in the development of the case.
- It is often possible to obtain a plea bargain, a guilty plea or alternatives to incarceration.
- Victims can obtain reparation of damages, protective measures and specialized accompaniment.
