After the arrest is approved, under normal circumstances, the investigation organ has mastered the relevant evidence that the arrested person is suspected of committing a crime, and then it will conduct a public prosecution trial and investigate his criminal responsibility.
Article 34 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that:
A criminal suspect has the right to entrust a defender from the day when he is interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or takes compulsory measures; During the investigation, only lawyers can be entrusted to provide legal aid to criminal suspects. The defendant has the right to entrust a defender at any time.
According to the above provisions, lawyers can intervene in criminal cases at the first time. In the investigation procedure, only lawyers can meet with the criminal suspect, ask the criminal suspect about the case, inform the criminal suspect of his rights, know whether he was tortured to extract a confession, appeal and accuse him on his behalf, and apply for bail pending trial to change compulsory measures.
In addition, according to the facts and laws, lawyers can also put forward materials and opinions that the criminal suspects and defendants are innocent, the crimes are light or their criminal responsibilities are reduced or exempted, so as to safeguard the litigation rights and other legitimate rights and interests of the criminal suspects and defendants.
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Procedures for approving arrest:
1, accepted. For a case brought for arrest by the public security and other investigative organs, the procuratorial organ shall designate a special person to examine whether the transferred case files and evidence are complete and whether the legal procedures are complete. ?
2, review the case file materials. After accepting the case that the public security organ requests the arrest of a criminal suspect, the people's procuratorate shall designate a special person to examine it. After examination, put forward opinions on whether to approve the arrest. ?
3. Make a decision. After examining the cases submitted for approval of arrest, prosecutors put forward opinions on whether to approve or disapprove the arrest according to the facts and laws, and report them to the chief procurator for approval or decision after being examined by the department head. Major cases shall be discussed and decided by the procuratorial committee. After making a decision, make a decision to approve or disapprove the arrest and send it to the public security and other investigation organs.
Changning People's Procuratorate-People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Procedure Law