The Guiding Opinions on Applying the System of Pleading and Accepting Punishment with Leniency emphasizes that public security organs should simultaneously carry out the education of pleading guilty and accepting punishment in the investigation stage, but they should not force criminal suspects to plead guilty or make specific leniency commitments. If a criminal suspect voluntarily pleads guilty and is willing to accept the punishment of judicial organs, it shall be recorded and attached.
In handling cases of confession and punishment, we should take facts as the basis, take the law as the criterion, and collect, fix, examine and identify evidence in an all-round way in strict accordance with the requirements of evidence adjudication.
legal ground
Article 174 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that if a criminal suspect voluntarily pleads guilty and agrees to apply sentencing suggestions and procedures, he shall sign a confession and repentance in the presence of a defender or a lawyer on duty.