The reason why lawyers defend bad guys: everyone has the right to defense. As long as they are the parties, lawyers should defend them. According to the provisions of China's Criminal Procedure Law, defense lawyers should, according to facts and laws, put forward materials and opinions on whether criminal suspects and defendants are innocent, light or relieved of their criminal responsibilities, and safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects and defendants.
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Article 37 of the Criminal Procedure Law
The responsibility of a defender is to provide materials and opinions on whether a criminal suspect or defendant is innocent, light or relieved of criminal responsibility according to facts and laws, and to safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of the criminal suspect or defendant.