1. Is it necessary to hire a lawyer in criminal cases?
You don't need to hire a lawyer in criminal cases. Although the role of lawyers in criminal cases is relatively large, they can provide legal services, but they can decide for themselves whether to find them or not. The parties and legal representatives may entrust one or two persons as agents ad litem. The following persons may be entrusted as agents ad litem:
1, lawyer, grassroots legal service worker;
2. Close relatives or staff members of the parties concerned;
3 citizens recommended by the community, units and relevant social groups where the parties are located.
Second, what is the role of lawyers?
1. Lawyers can meet with criminal suspects, inform their families of their concerns, ease the anxiety of criminal suspects and give psychological comfort. At the beginning of restricting personal freedom, many people's living environment, social status and psychological pressure suddenly changed, which many people could not bear. Things that should not have happened under poverty.
2. When a lawyer meets a criminal suspect, he can explain the accused charges and relevant legal knowledge to the criminal suspect. Let the suspect have a clear understanding of the difficulties he faces and know what to do and what not to do.
3. When a lawyer meets a criminal suspect, he can learn from the criminal suspect whether he is innocent or guilty, and help to do some work of fixing strong evidence to prepare for a successful defense in the future. Evidence is in danger of being lost at any time, and a temporary negligence may lead to never obtaining favorable evidence.
4. Lawyers can avoid extorting confessions by torture to the greatest extent when meeting with criminal suspects. Although the legal environment is improving day by day, the phenomenon of extorting confessions by torture still occurs from time to time, and even the tragedy of being forced to confess and being beaten to death has appeared. If extorting a confession by torture, lawyers can lodge complaints and accusations on behalf of the criminal suspect, thus effectively reducing the occurrence of this situation.
By meeting with the criminal suspect, the lawyer can help the criminal suspect correctly understand his behavior, so as to get the opportunity to make meritorious service and reduce the punishment.
6. In the investigation stage, lawyers can help criminal suspects to apply for bail pending trial according to the case, which can resolve the crisis well;
7. With the revision of the Criminal Procedure Law, lawyers will also increase on-site work to better protect the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects.
According to the law, criminal cases must be handled according to specific circumstances. Of course, for criminal suspects, after taking 1 compulsory measures, lawyers can be hired completely. Lawyers can know the other party's situation and the relevant situation of the case at the same time, and then defend in court.