What powers do criminal defense lawyers have?

1. Defence lawyers can provide legal aid to criminal suspects during investigation; Acting as an agent for complaints and accusations; Apply for changing compulsory measures; Ask the investigation organ about the crimes and cases suspected by the criminal suspect, and put forward opinions. 2. Defence lawyers can meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Other defenders, with the permission of the people's courts and people's procuratorates, may also meet and correspond with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. 3. When a defense lawyer meets a criminal suspect or defendant in custody, he can understand the case and provide legal advice. From the date when the case is transferred for examination and prosecution, the relevant evidence may be verified with the criminal suspect or defendant. Defense lawyers are not monitored when meeting with criminal suspects and defendants. To sum up, the relevant provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law are that the defendant and criminal suspect in a criminal case may entrust one or two persons as their agents. You can entrust lawyers, relevant personnel recommended by the unit, or their guardians, relatives and friends. When entrusting an agent, if the personal freedom of the parties has been restricted, these people cannot act as agents of the parties.