1. Lawyers can meet with criminal suspects, report the concerns of family members, relieve the anxiety of criminal suspects and give psychological comfort;
2. When a lawyer meets a criminal suspect, he can explain the accused charges and relevant legal knowledge to the criminal suspect. Let the suspect have a clear understanding of the difficulties he faces and know what to do and what not to do;
3. When a lawyer meets a criminal suspect, he can learn from the criminal suspect whether he is innocent or guilty, and help to do some work of fixing favorable evidence to prepare for successful defense in the future. Evidence is in danger of being lost at any time, and a moment's carelessness may lead to favorable evidence never being obtained;
Lawyers can avoid extorting confessions by torture when meeting with criminal suspects. Although the legal environment in our country is improving day by day, the phenomenon of extorting confessions by torture still occurs from time to time, and even the tragedy of extorting confessions by torture and causing disability and death appears. In case of extorting a confession by torture, lawyers can lodge complaints and accusations on behalf of criminal suspects, thus effectively reducing this situation;
5. By meeting with the criminal suspect, the lawyer can help the criminal suspect to correctly understand his behavior, so as to get the opportunity to make meritorious service and thus reduce the punishment;
6. In the investigation stage, lawyers can help criminal suspects to apply for bail pending trial according to the case, which can resolve the crisis well;
7. With the revision of the Criminal Procedure Law, lawyers will also increase the right to inquire about on-site work to better protect the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects. In the investigation stage, lawyers can also directly meet with criminal suspects in custody.
Lawyer:
Refers to the practitioners who have obtained the lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted the entrustment or assignment, and provided legal services for the parties.
Lawyers must pass the legal professional qualification examination and obtain the lawyer's practice certificate according to law before they can practice. According to the nature of work, lawyers can be divided into full-time lawyers and part-time lawyers; According to the scope of business, lawyers can be divided into civil lawyers, criminal lawyers and administrative lawyers; According to clients and working status, lawyers can be divided into social lawyers, corporate lawyers and public lawyers. Lawyer's business is mainly divided into litigation business and non-litigation business.
On August 20th, 2002/kloc-0, the 30th session of the 13th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) passed the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Legal Aid, and law firms, grassroots legal service offices, lawyers and grassroots legal service workers are obliged to provide legal aid according to law.
To sum up, the right to ask about on-site work can better protect the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects. In the investigation stage, lawyers can also directly meet with criminal suspects in custody.
Legal basis:
Article 38 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
The rights of defense lawyers in the investigation stage; Defense 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.
Article 41
Defender's right to apply for investigation and evidence collection. Defenders have the right to apply to the people's procuratorate or the people's court for the collection of evidence materials collected by the public security organs and the people's procuratorate to prove the innocence or light crimes of the criminal suspects and defendants, which have not been submitted during the investigation, examination and prosecution.