Therefore, every "person" (whether a "good person" or a "bad person") can "fight" to safeguard his legal rights, and asking a lawyer to defend himself is the best embodiment of this "fight".
Article 2 of the Lawyers Law stipulates: "Lawyers should safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties, the correct implementation of the law and social fairness and justice". The parties here did not stipulate and demand to distinguish between "good guys" and "bad guys" in the moral sense. For lawyers, they only need to seek the truth from their clients.
Article 12 of China's criminal procedure law stipulates that "no one shall be found guilty without a judgment by the people's court according to law". Before being tried by the court, the relevant parties can only be called "criminal suspects". Moreover, article 18 also stipulates that the right of defense and other litigation rights of "criminal suspects" should be guaranteed according to law. While providing services to clients, lawyers should also keep secrets for clients, even if it is a crime that has not been discovered in the past. This is the professional ethics of lawyers.
The Civil Procedure Law also stipulates that the parties have the right to entrust an agent, apply for withdrawal, collect and provide evidence, argue, request mediation and reconciliation, file an appeal, file a counterclaim and apply for enforcement. The role of lawyers is to help clients better exercise their personal rights and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.
Before the court makes an effective judgment, it is difficult for us to distinguish right from wrong, who is a "good guy" and who is a "bad guy". At the same time, the law also gives everyone a fair and relative litigation right, so as to avoid the occurrence of "unjust, false and wrong cases" as much as possible.
If you lock up the "bad guys" just because of your own likes and dislikes, if one day you become a "bad guy" in other people's mouths, and you will never turn over when you are knocked down, how will you feel?
Think about the Nie Shubin case.
Refer to the law? Lawyer Law, Criminal Procedure Law and Civil Procedure Law
law of advocate
Article 2 The term "lawyer" as mentioned in this Law refers to a practitioner who has obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted entrustment or assignment, and provided legal services to clients.
Lawyers should safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties and correctly implement the law and social fairness and justice.
Article 3 Lawyers must abide by Xi 'an laws and regulations, and abide by lawyers' professional ethics and practice discipline.
Lawyers' practice must be based on facts and take the law as the criterion.
Criminal procedure law
Article 12 No one shall be found guilty without a judgment of the people's court according to law.
Article 14 The people's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs shall guarantee the right of defense and other litigation rights enjoyed by criminal suspects, defendants and other participants in litigation according to law.
Article 32 A criminal suspect or defendant may, in addition to exercising the right of defense, entrust one or two persons as defenders.
Article 46 A defense lawyer shall have the right to keep confidential the relevant information and materials of his client that he knows in his practice. 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.
code of civil law
Article 49? The parties have the right to entrust an agent, apply for withdrawal, collect and provide evidence, debate, request mediation, file an appeal and apply for enforcement.
The parties may consult the relevant materials of this case and copy the relevant materials and legal documents of this case. The scope and methods of consulting and copying relevant materials in this case shall be stipulated by the Supreme People's Court.
The parties must exercise their litigation rights in accordance with the law, abide by the litigation order, and perform legally effective judgments, rulings and conciliation statements.
Article 50? Both sides can reconcile themselves.
Article 51? The plaintiff may waive or change the claim. The defendant may admit or refute the claim and has the right to file a counterclaim.