After learning that their relatives are in criminal detention, family members can immediately entrust a defense lawyer to apply for an interview, so as to understand the case and protect the rights of the detained criminal suspect. The criminal suspect is detained in the detention center, which belongs to the investigation stage of criminal cases, and family members are not allowed to visit and meet in the detention center. Of course, during criminal detention, the suspect's family can entrust a lawyer to represent the case. As defense lawyers, they can go to the detention center to meet with the suspects and learn about the case.
Time for notifying family members after detention:
After being detained in criminal detention, the family members of the detainee or the unit to which he belongs shall be informed of the reasons and places of detention within 24 hours, except in cases where investigation is hindered or notification cannot be made.
The public security organ shall interrogate the detained person within 24 hours after detention. If it is found that it should not be detained, it must be released immediately and a release certificate will be issued. If a case of detaining a criminal suspect or defendant cannot be settled within the time limit of investigation, detention, examination and prosecution, first instance and second instance stipulated in this Law, the criminal suspect or defendant shall be released; If it is necessary to continue verification and trial, the criminal suspect or defendant may be released on bail pending trial or under residential surveillance.
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Legal basis: Article 39 of the Criminal Procedure Law.
Defense 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.
If a defense lawyer holds a lawyer's practice certificate, a law firm's certificate, a power of attorney or a letter of legal aid to ask for a meeting with the criminal suspect or defendant in custody, the detention center shall arrange the meeting in time, which shall not exceed 48 hours at the latest.
In criminal cases endangering national security and terrorist activities, defense lawyers should obtain permission from the investigation organ when meeting with the criminal suspect in custody during the investigation. The investigation organ shall notify the detention center of the above situation in advance.
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.
The provisions of the first, third and fourth paragraphs shall apply to the meetings and correspondence between defense lawyers and criminal suspects and defendants who are under surveillance.