The law does not require the court to arrange for the defendant to meet with his family. However, some courts are more humane, and family members will have a brief exchange with the defendant after the verdict is announced.
For normal interviews, the prisoner needs to be sent to the rehabilitation site and arranged after the judgment takes effect.
Court hearing is the most basic and important stage in ordinary procedures. It is the most concentrated and vivid manifestation of the parties’ exercise of litigation rights and the People’s Court’s exercise of judicial power. It is of great significance to the People’s Court’s correct trial of civil cases. First of all, hearings can ensure the correct exercise of the people's court's judicial power.
Judges objectively determine the facts of civil cases through trials and in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Procedure Law, comprehensively examine the evidence, distinguish right from wrong, handle civil cases fairly, and fulfill the judicial functions of the People's Court. Secondly, it is conducive to effective supervision of judicial activities.
Extended data:
Article 191 of the Criminal Procedure Law: After the public prosecutor reads the indictment in court, the defendant and the victim may state the crimes charged in the indictment. The accused may be questioned.
Victims, plaintiffs, defenders, and litigation agents in attached civil litigation may ask questions to the defendant with the permission of the presiding judge.
The judge can interrogate the defendant.
Article 192: If the public prosecutor, the parties, their defenders, and agents ad litem have objections to the witness’s testimony, and the witness’s testimony has a significant impact on the conviction and sentencing of the case, and the people’s court deems it necessary for the witness to appear in court to testify, the witness shall Should appear in court to testify.
Where the people's police appear in court to testify about criminal acts they witnessed while performing their duties, the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply.
If the public prosecutor, parties, defenders, and agents ad litem have objections to the appraisal opinions, and the people's court believes that it is necessary for the appraiser to appear in court, the appraiser shall appear in court to testify. If, upon notification by the People's Court, the appraiser refuses to appear in court to testify, the appraisal opinion shall not be used as the basis for finalizing the case.
Article 194: When a witness testifies, the judge shall inform him or her of the legal liability for truthfully providing testimony and intentionally making perjury or concealing criminal evidence. The public prosecutor, parties, defenders, and agents ad litem may, with the permission of the presiding judge, ask questions of witnesses and appraisers. If the presiding judge believes that the content of the question is irrelevant to the case, he shall stop it.
The judge can question witnesses and expert witnesses.
Article 199: During a court hearing, if any litigation participant or observer violates court order, the presiding judge shall give a warning and stop him. Those who refuse to obey the restraints may be forcibly taken out of the court;
If the circumstances are serious, they will be fined not more than one thousand yuan or detained for not more than 15 days. Fines and detention must be approved by the president. If the person being punished is dissatisfied with the fine or detention decision, he may apply for reconsideration to the people's court at the next higher level. Execution will not be suspended during the review period.
Anyone who gathers a crowd to cause trouble, storms the court, or insults, slanders, threatens, or beats judicial officers or litigation participants, seriously disrupting the order of the court and constituting a crime, shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the law.
Reference materials:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Trial
Reference materials:
Chinese Government Network-Criminal Procedure Law