DenmarkDet danske demokrati og retssamfundet 37 · Danish democracy and the rule of law
Does a person who is charged in a serious criminal case have the right to a defence lawyer, even if he does not have much money?
In the exam (Danish)
Har en person, der er tiltalt i en alvorlig straffesag, ret til en forsvarer, selv om han ikke har mange penge?
- aYes, the court can give him a defence lawyer, whom the state pays for at first.Ja, retten kan give ham en forsvarer, som staten betaler først.Correct answer
- bNo, he must pay for a lawyer himself or defend himself.Nej, han skal selv betale en advokat eller forsvare sig selv.
Why?
An accused person has the right to a defence lawyer. The court appoints a defence lawyer, and the state pays in the first instance. If you are convicted, you may later have to pay the costs of the case.
Translated with AI. In the exam the question is in Danish, as shown above.
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Questions from past citizenship tests (danskogproever.dk), reproduced verbatim in Danish with the official answers by permission of the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration (SIRI), and our own practice questions on the facts of the study material “Læremateriale til Indfødsretsprøven” and on Danish values. The English translation and the explanations are ours, made with AI help; in the test the questions are asked in Danish. Current-affairs questions and questions whose official answer no longer holds have been left out. We are not affiliated with SIRI.
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