Editing Prosecutor's office

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|image       = prosbadge icon big.png
|type        = Law enforcement
|hq          = [[Prosecutor's Building]]
|leader      = '''Office chiefs:'''<ref name=note1>Due to differences between the Japanese and American judicial systems, there were troubles during localization that caused both [[Lana Skye]] and the prosecutor that [[Redd White]] calls in ''[[Turnabout Sisters]]'' to be called "Chief Prosecutors". However, they are supposed to be two different people in different positions.</ref>
* [[Bansai Ichiyanagi]] ([[IS-7 Incident|before 2000]] - between [[SS-5 Incident|2007]] & [[Turnabout Sisters|2016]])
* At least one unnamed Chief Prosecutor (between 2007 & 2016 - c. 2026)
* [[Miles Edgeworth]] <br> (c. 2026 - )
'''Head prosecutors:'''<ref name=note1/>
* [[Lana Skye]] ([[SL-9 Incident|2015]] - [[Rise from the Ashes|2017]])
|affiliation = [[Criminal Affairs Department]] <br> [[Police department]]
|status      = Active
|structure   = '''Currently employed prosecutors:'''
* '''Domestic:'''
** [[Winston Payne]] <br> (c. 2007 - )
** [[Yumihiko Ichiyanagi]] <br> (c. [[The Imprisoned Turnabout|Mar. 2019]] - )
** [[Klavier Gavin]] <br> (2019 - )
** [[Simon Blackquill]] <br> ( - [[UR-1 Incident|Oct. 2020]], [[The Monstrous Turnabout|Apr. 17, 2027]] - )
* '''International'''
** [[Franziska von Karma]] <br> ([[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All|2017]] - )
** [[Nahyuta Sahdmadhi]] ([[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice|2028]] - )
'''Formerly employed prosecutors:'''
* [[Byrne Faraday]] <br> ( - [[Turnabout Reminiscence|Sept. 10, 2012]]; murdered)
* [[Neil Marshall]] <br> ( - [[SL-9 Incident|Feb. 19, 2015]]; murdered)
* [[Manfred von Karma]] <br> (c. 1976 - [[Turnabout Goodbyes|Dec. 28, 2016]]; arrested)
* [[Godot]] <br> ([[The Stolen Turnabout|Oct. 11, 2018]] - [[Bridge to the Turnabout|Feb. 10, 2019]]; arrested)
* [[Jacques Portsman]] <br> ( - [[Turnabout Visitor|Mar. 14, 2019]]; arrested)
* [[Gaspen Payne]] <br> ( - [[The Foreign Turnabout|2028]]; fled to [[Khura'in]])
}}
{{quote|Shi-Long Lang|The whole lot of you can't be trusted. "A prosecutor who never lost in 40 years"? "Every defendant must be found guilty"? Fueled by those ideas, is it any wonder that courts produce nothing but falsities and lies!?|''[[The Kidnapped Turnabout]]''}}

The [[Los Angeles]] '''prosecutor's office''' is the controlling body for the city's prosecutors. This prosecutor's office is known for having several prodigies, such as [[Miles Edgeworth]], [[Franziska von Karma]] and [[Klavier Gavin]], of whom the former two have gained national and even international attention. Miles Edgeworth in particular was dubbed the top prosecutor in the [[United States]] at [[The Stolen Turnabout|one time]]. The prosecutor's office resides in the aptly named [[Prosecutor's Building]].

==Role in law enforcement==
The prosecutor's office maintains a close, albeit strained, partnership with the [[Criminal Affairs Department]] and [[police department]]. While a prosecutor can be placed in charge of a crime scene [[investigation]], police officers and criminal affairs detectives tend to do the actual field work of collecting evidence. The prosecutor will occasionally participate in the actual collection of evidence, notably in the [[Turnabout Reminiscence|murders]] of [[Byrne Faraday]] and [[Mack Rell]], as well as the [[Buddy Faith]] [[Turnabout Visitor|murder case]]. However, the prosecutor's main job is in having a suspect arrested for the investigated crime, building a case against said suspect using the collected evidence, and then presenting the case against the defendant in their subsequent [[trial]]. The prosecutor is also responsible for maintaining the soundness of their case against opposition from either the defendant or a defense attorney representing them. As representatives of the state in criminal trials, prosecutors have a responsibility to the state to ensure that criminals are met with due punishment for their crimes.

==Leadership structure and possibilities==
In general, a prosecutor can be promoted to "High Prosecutor", which comes with some benefits such as being better informed about the inner workings of the judicial system and certain semi-classified cases. Above that rank, there are two positions that have been called "Chief Prosecutor".<ref name=note1/> One of the positions functions as an overseer, who is in charge of managing trials to ensure that the prosecutors in charge have what they need.<ref>'''Lana:''' I'm responsible for overseeing every trial handled by prosecutors in this district.<br>'''Lana:''' I make sure the prosecutors have what they need to do the job, and manage every aspect.<br>'''Lana:''' Those are my responsibilities, in a nutshell.<br>''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]''. [[Capcom]]. Episode: ''[[Rise from the Ashes]]'' (in English). 2005.</ref> The other position is essentially the chief of the prosecutor's office itself, who has the power and influence to [[Gaspen Payne|reprimand]] and [[Manfred von Karma|penalize]] other prosecutors, [[Turnabout Sisters|alter aspects of trials]], [[Turnabout Target|appoint prosecutors to investigate cases]], and look over evidence to be used in trials. The office chief is still a prosecutor and can take charge of particularly high-profile cases.

It is also possible to switch between a prosecutor position and another job within the judicial system, and carry over any status that they have. For example, [[Godot|Diego Armando]] switched from defense to prosecution and immediately carried over his somewhat legendary reputation, while Lana Skye was transferred from a distinguished detective job to the seat of the head prosecutor.

Occasionally, the office will call upon the help of international prosecutors such as Franziska von Karma or [[Nahyuta Sahdmadhi]].

==Reputation==
The prosecutor's office has developed a largely negative reputation over the last fifty years due to various allegations of corruption. [[Manfred von Karma]], who started a legendary career with a perfect win record in 1976, was one particular target of such allegations, which included rumors of back-alley deals, forged evidence and rigged witness testimonies. His student, Miles Edgeworth, described the man as willing to do anything for a guilty verdict. However, no solid proof of these allegations existed, partly because of the great influence and connections that von Karma wielded in the justice system due to his prestige. Consequently, von Karma gained only praise within the prosecutor's office, earning him numerous [[King of Prosecutors Trophy|King of Prosecutors Trophies]] over the years.

All this began to change in [[IS-7 Incident|2001]], when defense attorney [[Gregory Edgeworth]] managed to prove the questionable nature of some of von Karma's evidence and methods. The prosecutor received the only penalty in his long career for this, and he later opportunistically murdered Edgeworth in what would come to be known as the [[DL-6 Incident]]. Von Karma then adopted Edgeworth's son Miles and raised both him and his own daughter Franziska to become ruthless prosecutors like him. Due to von Karma's training, Miles Edgeworth became just as cold, valuing a "perfect trial" more than finding out the truth, and the reputation of the prosecutor's office continued to plummet.

The aftermath of the [[SL-9 Incident]] resulted in major changes in leadership, putting [[Damon Gant]] in the police chief's seat and making [[Lana Skye]] the Chief Prosecutor, as well as demoting [[Jake Marshall|one detective]] and firing [[Angel Starr|another]]. This caused a rift between the Criminal Affairs Department and the prosecutor's office due to lingering questions surrounding the incident and renewed rumors of corruption among the prosecutors. The case would not be put to rest until [[Rise from the Ashes|two years later]], when Gant was exposed as the one behind the murder of [[Neil Marshall]], the final victim of SL-9.

Von Karma's murder of Gregory Edgeworth did not come to light until [[Turnabout Goodbyes|15 years after the fact]], when defense attorney [[Phoenix Wright]] figured out what had happened. The legendary prosecutor was arrested for his crimes, no doubt harming the prosecutor's office's reputation even further. However, the incident did lead to Miles Edgeworth reevaluating his role as a prosecutor so that, instead of perfection, he instead pursued the truth entirely. His subsequent actions have exposed other corrupt individuals, including fellow High Prosecutor [[Jacques Portsman]] and [[Prosecutorial Investigation Committee]] head [[Bansai Ichiyanagi]], the latter of whom was found to have manipulated multiple cases for his own gain during his tenure as chief of the prosecutor's office.

The declining reputation of the prosecutor's office culminated in the [[dark age of the law]], sparked by the conviction of [[Simon Blackquill]] in the [[UR-1 Incident]] and the disbarment of Phoenix Wright for [[Turnabout Succession|presenting forged evidence]]. The entire legal world was caught up in a new standard, where prosecutors and defense attorneys alike would do anything they could get away with to win. There seemed to be little hope for this situation to change until Miles Edgeworth's promotion to office chief and Wright's exoneration. This allowed them to set a plan in motion to bring out the [[Phantom|true culprit]] behind the UR-1 Incident.

==References==
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[[Category:Law enforcement]]
[[Category:Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]
[[Category:Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All]]
[[Category:Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations]]
[[Category:Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney]]
[[Category:Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth]]
[[Category:Gyakuten Kenji 2]]
[[Category:Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies]]
[[Category:Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice]]