Does hiring a lawyer play a big role in pyramid selling crimes?
Whether to hire a lawyer in criminal cases is the personal right of the defendant or criminal suspect, but lawyers have professional legal knowledge and rights stipulated by law, and their duties are to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties, the correct implementation of the law and social fairness and justice. Therefore, hiring a lawyer is more conducive to protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the parties. Article 36 of the Criminal Procedure Law: Defence lawyers may 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. Article 37 A defense lawyer may meet and correspond with a criminal suspect or defendant 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.