The Role of Advocates in Legal Protection for Suspected and Accused

The type of research used in this research is normative legal research. By using primary and secondary legal materials, along with tertiary legal materials as supporting materials. The role of advocates in legal protection of suspects and defendants is very important in an examination, in addition to that, according to the expert opinion expressed by Philipus M. Hadjon that legal protection is the implementation of policies regarding dignity and recognition of the essential human rights possessed by legal subjects of unwholesome actions or acts of arbitrariness (abuse of power) to create justice and legal benefits for the community.