After meeting the client, the lawyer can only tell the family members part of the case, but not the secrets in the case. The parts that can be told to family members include the meeting, the charges and the main criminal facts. And you can also inform your family about the progress of the case. According to due process, the parties should be informed of every step of the case.
Lawyers involved in the investigation stage can provide the following assistance to criminal suspects:
1. Lawyers can meet with criminal suspects, inform their families of their concerns, ease the anxiety of criminal suspects and give psychological comfort. At the beginning of restricting personal freedom, many people's living environment, social status and psychological pressure suddenly changed, which many people could not bear. Things that should not have happened under poverty.
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 strong evidence to prepare for a successful defense in the future. Evidence is in danger of being lost at any time, and a temporary carelessness may lead to never obtaining favorable evidence;
4. Lawyers can avoid extorting confessions by torture to the greatest extent 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 maiming to 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 on-site work to better protect the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects.
To sum up: after meeting the parties, lawyers can only tell part of the case to their families, and the secrets in the case cannot be told to their families. The parts that can be told to family members include the meeting, the charges and the main criminal facts. And you can also inform your family about the progress of the case. According to due process, the parties should be informed of every step of the case.
Legal basis:
Article 48 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Defense lawyers have the right to keep confidential the relevant information and information of their clients they know in their practice activities. However, if the defense lawyer knows that the client or others are preparing or committing criminal acts that endanger national security, public security and seriously endanger the personal safety of others, he shall promptly inform the judicial organs.