Will criminal lawyers bring themselves to blame if they defend a guilty person as an innocent person?

To achieve the purpose of judicial fairness, we cannot ignore the procedures for achieving judicial fairness. According to the principle of legality of crime and punishment, no one can be found guilty and presumed innocent without trial and judgment by the people's court. Therefore, before a guilty verdict is announced, one can only be called a suspect, not a criminal, and his rights should be respected. We cannot use ordinary probabilities to define guilt and innocence. In fact, the principle of presumption of innocence embodies the modern judicial concept of "it is better to indulge bad people than good people".

Theoretically, the public security organs and procuratorates should investigate and prosecute crimes on behalf of the country, but the true and absolute public security, or the status of the country, can only be an ideal state, because any case is determined by It is handled and controlled by specific people, rather than directly by the state. The investigators' level of knowledge, subjective will, personal utility, external human intervention, unreasonable political purposes, etc. may all lead to unjust, false and wrongful convictions.

To prevent unjust, false and wrongful convictions, a sound judicial system and litigation procedures are essential. In addition, the key link is that criminal suspects must have lawyers dedicated to defending them. In this way, the lawyer's special status determines that he will discover every doubt in the case more keenly than other judicial personnel and will not miss every opportunity to correct mistakes. Many people worry that lawyers' defense will help those who deserve to be punished to escape legal sanctions. But a lawyer's job is to protect the rights of the defendant.

A lawyer's defense should be based on facts and law. Departing from the facts and the law will defeat the purpose. On the contrary, the truth will only become clearer. The ultimate goal of the criminal defense system is to protect human rights, avoid unjust, false and wrongful convictions, prevent innocent people from being held accountable, and allow guilty people to receive the punishment they deserve, rather than extrajudicial mercy. From a procedural point of view, it is about achieving procedural justice. Because the procuratorate represents the state and accuses crimes in court, if there is no corresponding defense procedure, the legal balance will tilt in favor of the defendant. In this case, only when the defense lawyer stands on the defendant's side can the balance between the prosecution and defense be maintained, and the judge can make a fair judgment in the middle.