Why can’t the defender verify the evidence with the suspect during the investigation stage?

Article 37 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that defense lawyers may meet with criminal suspects and defendants in custody to understand the case and provide legal advice; from the date the case is transferred for review and prosecution, they may verify with the criminal suspect or defendant evidence.

The result of the review and prosecution stage is that the procuratorate decides not to prosecute or to prosecute. Therefore, the biggest achievement of the lawyer assuming the role of defender in the review and prosecution stage is to successfully persuade the procuratorate to investigate the crime with limited investigation evidence materials and familiar legal knowledge. The suspect makes a decision not to prosecute, or a criminal suspect with a relatively minor crime or nature of crime is prosecuted qualitatively, or a decision is made to release the criminal suspect on bail pending trial. It was decided to release the suspect on bail pending trial. Successfully convincing the procuratorate to decide not to prosecute based on the specific circumstances of the case was also a very successful defense.

During the review and prosecution stage, defenders can verify evidence from criminal suspects and defendants, but verification of evidence is not allowed only during the investigation stage.