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").
Plevna is an unincorporated community in southeastern Knox County, Missouri, United States. It is located about fourteen miles southeast of Edina on Route 15. According to Ramsay, the community was probably founded and named by John "Plevna" Naylor in 1877, and is named after Plevna, Bulgaria. In that year was the Russian victory at the Siege of Pleven of the Russo-Turkish War.