How do prosecutors help the community? ~MD &NS

Prosecutor: A person, especially a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone.
One thing that most people ask themselves is “What do prosecutors do?”Most people don’t know the answer, but prosecutors themselves know exactly what they are doing. Helping the community in almost every way. They hold people accountable for their illegal actions.

Doug Salzenstein is a prosecutor in Detroit.  His specialty is knowing if someone needs to go to jail or if someone is just a victim. But he's not a detective, in fact he's after that part.  Doug Salzenstein helps the judge in all cases. But if the prosecutor figures out that someone committed a crime, he can tell the judge all of the evidence, or in other cases he can tell them someone was only a victim. Being a prosecutor can be risky, but it can save you from going to jail, or the judge will be more convinced that you were the victim.

How do they help? Or how do they even do their job? 

Prosecutors help in situations where arguing with a judge may not be best because people don't know about all of the different laws. But prosecutors help support different topics since they have to memorize all the laws.

How do prosecutors know if someone needs to go to jail? 

There are different steps before someone actually goes to jail.  First the police get called before the detective. The detective gets the information and finds the suspect. But imagine the suspect says it wasn't him.  That's where the prosecutor comes in. He reads the detectives information, then he needs to find out if he committed a crime or he's a victim. First the witnesses identify the the person who committed the crime, then the prosecutor asks the witness final questions to clarify any confusing testimony for the jury. This is called redirect examination. 

Doug Salzenstein works very hard at his job, and we are lucky to have him in our community.  For fun, he was asked what he would do with one million dollars.  Doug Salzenstein replied, "I would take my family to Hawaii and I would also give some of my money to my parents and charity!"