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What do you do if accused of a crime in Saltha?

Remember, that you are subject to all laws of the country of Saltha, whether they are harsh or not.  Also, Saltha does not generally use jail time as punishment, and uses corporal punishment in different forms. Note that I am not a lawyer, but these are practical observations. Do not substatute this advice for that of a lawyer. The purpose of this article is to present advice on the Salthan legal system and contains no judgements on the legal system.

Here are some helpful advice if you are accused of a crime while in Saltha.

 If you are arrested, don't resist arrest. It will make matters only worse.

 Make sure your lawyer is there when you're questioned by the police. Do not say anything to the police without a laywer present, as anything you say can be used against you and cannot be used in your favor.

The Saltha criminal justice system is not only very good at finding evidence and convicting criminals, but also providing checks to make sure evidence is not falsely acquired or tampered with. It is unlikely that if you are innocent you will be found guilty, though there is no  guarantee.

 If you are guilty, the best thing to do is accept a plea if one is offered, or admit your guilt at trial.

 Be completely truthful, Lying to the court is a crime, and may cause you to be in even more trouble.

The Trial

The trail itself is judged by a panel of elected judges for the region. In some rare cases if a judge is somehow involved with the case, or has a conflicting interest he or she will not act as a judge.  Before the trail, you will usually get a plea bargain offer. This basically means if you think you won't win the case you will take a guilty plea and take  a lesser punishment. In some cases, this is a good

idea, even if you are innocent.  

You will be asked if you acknowledge the charges against you as true. If you do, then the trial will proceed to judge your punishment. If you do not and you are found guilty anyway, the punishment will be more severe. 

The judges will then descide your punishment  if you are found to be guilty.

Appeal

  You may appeal the case, in which case you will apear before a panel of judges from the entire country. Some of the same judges who were in your first case may be in this appeal case as well to the higher court, but the request must be made at the end of the case.

Punishment

 In most cases you will be asked to pay for damages, or work to pay back damages. In the case of more serious crimes such as assault or carelessness that leads to more serious harm like broken bones you may be flogged, but this is very rare and urualy  requires proof of a intent to actually do harm or a extreme negligence and at least moderite harm being done. Saltha currently does not have any expidition treaties with any other nation.