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").
Rocky Comfort is an unincorporated community in northeastern McDonald County, Missouri, United States, on Route 76. It is very near the point where McDonald, Newton, and Barry Counties meet. Several homes and a post office are located here. It is part of the Fayetteville–Springdale–Rogers, AR-MO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The community is mentioned in Dennis Murphy's poem of 1941, The Doomed Race.