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Government Day Essay: Assistant State's Attorney I have chosen the Assistant State's Attorney. The job of an Assistants States Attorney is to represent the state in all criminal trials for crime that has occurred. They also help people try not to commit crime/illegal activities. Therefore, this job seems interesting to me. First, this job would be interesting because you would be able to assist other people into not starting crime. This is important to me because if you prevent crime the world would be a lot safer. Many people get hurt because of crime. Crime is a horrible thing in our world. Second, I also think it would be interesting to investigate the actual crime that has occurred. What causes people to commit the crimes they commit?

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