What is the status of defense lawyers in criminal proceedings?

Defender's legal status in criminal proceedings is an independent litigation participant and a special defender of the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects and defendants. Defender, criminal suspect and defendant have the same defense function, which is independent of accusation function and trial function. Defenders have the status of independent participants in litigation, defend according to their own will, perform their duties independently, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects and defendants, and are not influenced by the opinions of prosecutors or the will of criminal suspects and defendants; You can neither be a "second prosecutor" nor a spokesperson for criminal suspects and defendants. Defenders and prosecutors who appear in court for public prosecution should have equal litigation status. They all obey the command of the judges of the court and perform their respective litigation functions according to law, and no organ, group or individual may illegally interfere. Defenders can only take facts as the basis and the law as the criterion when they undertake the defense function. His legal obligation is to be faithful to the truth of the case, respect the objective evidence and stick to the truth. He can neither speculate or guess subjectively, nor distort the facts, thus effectively safeguarding the seriousness of the law. In contemporary society, a case you may encounter is basically civil or criminal, and you rarely come into contact with administrative cases. But in fact, in administrative cases, lawyers can also state certain reasons for themselves.