Do you meet the lawyer of the convicted criminal? Do I have to pay legal fees to meet the criminal suspect?

Lawyers can meet convicted criminals. This right of lawyers comes from two aspects, one is the authorization based on the entrustment relationship, and the other is the right based on the legal status of lawyers. The former is based on the authorization of the client's rights, and its purpose is to make up for the defendant's lack of defense ability when his personal freedom is restricted. The latter is a right granted by law based on the legal status of lawyers. Meeting with criminal suspects and defendants is an important task for lawyers to provide legal help and defense for criminal suspects and defendants, and it is also an important content for lawyers to participate in criminal proceedings and exercise their right to defense. Through the meeting, lawyers can understand the charges and related cases of the suspects and defendants, and listen to the opinions and excuses of the suspects and defendants on the charges, so as to better provide legal help for the suspects and better defend the suspects and defendants. At the trial stage, except for the defendant who is living under surveillance, the defense lawyer should not be subject to any restrictions when meeting the defendant, and there is no need for the people's court to issue a certificate, and the people's court and detention center should not send personnel to be present. When meeting with the defendant, the lawyer has the right to ask whether the defendant agrees to act as his defender and further determine the entrustment relationship; Have the right to listen to the defendant's self-defense opinions and inform the defendant's lawyer's defense opinions; Have the right to ask whether the defendant has evidence or clues to prove his innocence, light crime or reduced or exempted from criminal responsibility; Have the right to inform them of the trial procedure, their rights and so on. Article 33 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that 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. 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 for the first time or taking compulsory measures against him, the investigation organ shall inform him that he has the right to entrust a defender. The people's procuratorate shall, within three days from the date of receiving the case materials transferred for examination and prosecution, inform the criminal suspect that he has the right to entrust a defender. The people's court shall, within three days from the date of accepting the case, inform the defendant of the right to entrust a defender. If a criminal suspect or defendant requests to entrust a defender while in custody, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall promptly convey it. If a criminal suspect or defendant is in custody, his guardian or near relative may also entrust a defender. After accepting the entrustment of a criminal suspect or defendant, the defender shall promptly inform the case-handling organ.