What is Suspect?
[[File:An Iraqi police officer detains a suspect during a crime scene exploitation training exercise held at Asad Air Base, Iraq, July 6, 2011 110706-A-EM978-049.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{Center|An [[Iraq]]i police officer detains a suspect during a training exercise}}]] A '''suspect''' is a person believed to have done something wrong, committed a [[crime]] or caused something bad to happen.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/suspect|title=suspect, noun [C]|publisher=Cambridge Dictionaries Online|access-date=2 August 2015}}</ref> In [[criminal law]] a person who is under suspicion or under [[Criminal investigation|investigation]] by [[law enforcement]] is considered a suspect.<ref name=USL>{{cite web |url=http://definitions.uslegal.com/s/suspect/|title=Suspect Law & Legal Definition|publisher=USLegal.com|access-date=2 August 2015}}</ref> A '''prime suspect''' is believed by police to be the suspect who most probably committed a crime.<ref name=PS>{{cite web |url=http://definitions.uslegal.com/p/prime-suspect/|title=Prime Suspect Law & Legal Definition|publisher=USLegal.com|access-date=2 August 2015}}</ref> A formal suspect may be [[arrest]]ed when the [[fact]]s and circumstances would lead a reasonable person to believe a suspect may have committed a crime or is about to.<ref name=USL/> In [[common law]] [[countries]] a suspect may have a [[defense attorney]] present while being questioned.<ref name=OConnor24>Vivienne O’Connor, 'Common Law and Civil Law Traditions', ''INPROL'' (March, 2012), p. 24</ref> The attorney may advise his or her client (the suspect) how to answer questions.<ref name=OConnor24/> Once a suspect is [[Indictment|charged with a crime]] he or she becomes a [[defendant]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Court Terminology|url=http://www.ncdistrictattorney.org/garryfrank/terminology.htm|website=Office of the District Attorney|publisher=Davidson & Davie Counties|access-date=20 July 2017}}</ref> == Questioning a suspect == === Common law countries === In the past in common