What does it mean to be sued?

The person who does not prosecute is a criminal suspect in the process of reconnaissance, but the name is different at different stages. The stage of investigation and prosecution is called criminal suspect. Those who make a decision not to prosecute are called non-prosecutors. At the trial stage, they are called defendants. If convicted, it is called a criminal. Non-prosecution is one of the results of the people's procuratorate's handling of cases according to law, and its nature is a kind of litigation punishment made by the people's procuratorate for criminal suspects who it deems should not be investigated, need not be investigated or cannot be investigated for criminal responsibility. Its legal effect lies in not submitting the case to the people's court for trial, thus terminating the criminal proceedings at the stage of examination and prosecution.

legal ground

Article 171 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), when examining a case, the people's procuratorate must ascertain: (1) whether the facts and circumstances of the crime are clear, whether the evidence is true and sufficient, and whether the nature and charges of the crime are correctly determined; (two) whether there are any omission crimes and other persons who should be investigated for criminal responsibility; (3) Whether criminal responsibility should be investigated; (4) Whether there are incidental civil actions; (5) Whether the investigation activity is legal.

Article 173 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), when examining a case, the people's procuratorate shall interrogate the criminal suspect, listen to the opinions of the defender or the lawyer on duty, the victim and his agent ad litem, and record them. If the defender or the lawyer on duty, the victim and his agent ad litem put forward written opinions, they shall attach a volume. If a criminal suspect pleads guilty and admits punishment, the people's procuratorate shall inform him of his litigation rights and the legal provisions of pleading guilty and admitting punishment, listen to the opinions of the criminal suspect, defender or lawyer on duty, victim and his agent ad litem on the following matters, and record them: (1) Suspected criminal facts, charges and applicable legal provisions; (2) Suggestions on a lighter, mitigated or exempted punishment; (3) Procedures applicable to the trial of cases after pleading guilty and admitting punishment; (four) other matters that need to listen to opinions. If the people's procuratorate listens to the opinions of the lawyers on duty in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, it shall provide necessary convenience for the lawyers on duty to know the relevant situation of the case in advance.