According to Article 33 of China's Criminal Procedure Law, a criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the day when he is interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or takes compulsory measures. It is worth noting that only lawyers can be entrusted as defenders in the investigation stage. Then you can hire a lawyer during criminal detention. The sooner you hire a lawyer, the better for the suspect. Because it involves criminal prosecution, the suspect is in a passive and panic state. Then lawyers in the criminal detention stage can help criminal suspects in the following five points: First, defense lawyers can provide legal assistance to criminal suspects in the investigation stage. Second, the defense lawyer can represent the complaint. Third, defense lawyers can apply for changing compulsory measures. Fourth, defense lawyers can ask the investigation organ about the suspected crime and the case, and give their opinions. Fifth, meet and correspond with criminal suspects. Therefore, lawyers can achieve the following points through the above legal services: First, they can appease the criminal suspect and let him eliminate his fear. Second, provide legal help to the criminal suspect, let him know his position and role, and protect himself legally and effectively according to law. Third, lawyers can keep in touch with the investigation organs and procuratorates in time, and then put forward more targeted legal opinions to the corresponding departments on this case, so as to help the suspects more effectively.
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Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 91 If a public security organ deems it necessary to arrest a detained person, it shall, within three days after detention, submit it to the People's Procuratorate for examination and approval. Under special circumstances, the approval time can be extended by one to four days.
For major suspects who commit crimes on the run, commit crimes many times or commit crimes in collusion, the time for submitting for examination and approval may be extended to 30 days.
The people's procuratorate shall, within seven days after receiving the approval letter from the public security organ, make a decision on whether to approve or disapprove the arrest. If the people's procuratorate does not approve the arrest, the public security organ shall immediately release it after receiving the notice and promptly notify the people's procuratorate to execute it. Those who need to continue the investigation and meet the conditions of obtaining a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance shall be granted a guarantor pending trial or residential surveillance according to law.