During the criminal investigation stage, only lawyers can meet with criminal suspects, and relatives of criminal suspects have no right to meet with criminal suspects. ?
While serving his sentence, family members can meet and communicate with the criminal. ?
Article 34 of the "Criminal Procedure Law": A criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the first day of interrogation or compulsory measures taken by the investigation agency. During the investigation, only lawyers can be entrusted as defenders. The defendant has the right to entrust a defender at any time. ?
When interrogating a criminal suspect or taking compulsory measures against him for the first time, the investigative agency shall inform him of the right to entrust a defender. The People's Procuratorate shall, within three days from the date of receipt of case materials transferred for review and prosecution, inform the criminal suspect of the right to entrust a defender.
The people's court shall, within three days from the date of accepting the case, notify the defendant of his right to entrust a defender. If criminal suspects or defendants request to entrust a defender while in custody, the people's court, people's procuratorate and public security organs shall promptly convey the request. ?
Article 39: Defense lawyers may meet and communicate with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Other defenders may also meet and communicate with criminal suspects and defendants in custody with the permission of the People's Court and People's Procuratorate. ?
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If the public security organ needs to detain a criminal suspect in accordance with the law, the person in charge shall fill in the "Detention Request Report", which shall be approved by the person in charge of the public security organ at or above the county level and a detention certificate shall be issued. The unit that requested the detention shall be responsible for its execution. .
The People's Procuratorate decides to detain a case, which is proposed by the case handler, reviewed by the department head, and decided by the chief prosecutor. If the People's Procuratorate decides to detain a person, it shall send the detention decision to the public security organ, which shall be responsible for its execution. The public security organs shall implement it immediately, and the People's Procuratorate may assist the public security organs in enforcing it.
In criminal proceedings in our country, lawyers are entrusted, because lawyers have professional knowledge and can meet with criminal suspects, understand the case, and obtain the evidence presented. Relatives of criminal suspects are not allowed to have contact with the criminal suspect at any stage of the criminal proceedings and can only entrust a lawyer.
Chinese People’s Congress Website-Criminal Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China