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federal crimes are different from State
crimes to the to the extent that
typically they involve more
sophisticated prosecutions in other
words the prosecutions are for fraud
cases for bankrupt uh bank robberies or
or federal crimes White Collar offenses
or federal crimes and they’re they’re
predominantly of a more serious nature
than a lot of of State crimes in terms
of uh at least uh commercial crimes
obviously you have homicide in both
state and federal locations but in terms
of uh uh Federal the difference is you
Federal prosecutors are typically uh I
don’t want to say more competent but
typically Federal prosecutors are are
more conversive with trial of cases
they’re more sophisticated they’re
supported by federal agencies or the
investigative bodies involved in Federal
cases the FBI The Drug Enforcement
Administration health and human services
so there’s a serious preparation in
federal cases by the government who is
the prosecuting Authority and uh
typically the government as opposed to
some states the government the United
States the U.S attorney’s office and the
appropriate jurisdiction kind of will
will limit its prosecutions to cases
that they believe from the beginning can
be proven Beyond A Reasonable Doubt
whereby in State Court a lot of uh
charges are are made that if evaluated
might lead a prosecutor to say we don’t
know if we can prove this case Beyond A
Reasonable Doubt typically in federal
court the prosecutor the U.S attorney
involved in the case the assistant U.S
attorney and his his office have
determined that the the case can be
proven Beyond A Reasonable Doubt so that
they’re tougher cases from the beginning
in addition to being more sophisticated
Technical and intellectually challenging
cases to a lawyer
Morristown, NJ criminal defense lawyer Blair R. Zwillman explains how federal crimes are different from state crimes.