In a criminal case, the state, through a prosecutor, initiates the suit, while in a civil case the victim brings the suit. Persons convicted of a crime may be incarcerated, fined, or both. Criminal defense attorneys represent clients who have been accused of committing a crime, and defend their rights at each stage of a misdemeanor or felony case -- from an arrest to an appeal after conviction. Criminal defense attorneys may be hired privately or provided by the government (called "public defenders").
Wilson is a town in Mississippi County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 939 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Robert E. Lee Wilson, a landowner and logging business owner in the area in the late 19th century. In 1900, a prehistoric mastodon skeleton was discovered 4 mi (6,4 km) southeast of Wilson. In the first half of the 20th century, archeological artifacts from an aboriginal village dated 1400-1650 CE were found about 5 mi (8 km) east of Wilson, at the Nodena Site.