Let the suspect have a clear understanding of the difficulties he faces and know what to do and what not to do. Sentencing standards for theft: criminals who commit a large amount of theft will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or control, and will be fined accordingly; If the amount is more than 30,000 yuan 10,000 yuan, it is a "huge amount" and will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than 3 years10 years, and a corresponding fine will be imposed; If the amount is more than 300,000 yuan and less than 500,000 yuan, it is a "huge amount", and it will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of 10 years and a corresponding fine. In addition, if the circumstances are particularly serious, such as stealing financial institutions, and the amount of theft is particularly huge, or stealing precious national cultural relics, if the circumstances are serious, you can be sentenced to life imprisonment and directly confiscate all property.
Lawyers involved in the investigation stage to provide assistance to criminal suspects can provide the following assistance to criminal suspects:
1. Lawyers can meet with criminal suspects, inform their families of their concerns, ease the anxiety of criminal suspects and give psychological comfort. At the beginning of restricting personal freedom, many people's living environment, social status and psychological pressure suddenly changed, which many people could not bear. Things that should not have happened under poverty.
2. When a lawyer meets a criminal suspect, he can explain the accused charges and relevant legal knowledge to the criminal suspect. Let the suspect have a clear understanding of the difficulties he faces and know what to do and what not to do.
3. When a lawyer meets a criminal suspect, he can learn from the criminal suspect whether he is innocent or guilty, and help to do some work of fixing strong evidence to prepare for a successful defense in the future. Evidence is in danger of being lost at any time, and a temporary negligence may lead to never obtaining favorable evidence.
4. Lawyers meeting with criminal suspects can avoid extorting confessions by torture to the maximum extent. Although the legal environment in our country is improving day by day, the phenomenon of extorting confessions by torture still occurs from time to time, and even the tragedy of extorting confessions by torture and maiming to death appears.
Legal basis:
Criminal law of the people's Republic of China
Article 264 Whoever steals a large amount of public or private property, or repeatedly steals, enters a house, carries a weapon or pickpockets, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also, or shall only, be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated.
Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 38 the rights of defense lawyers during investigation; Defense lawyers can provide legal aid to criminal suspects during investigation; Acting as an agent for complaints and accusations; Apply for changing compulsory measures; Ask the investigation organ about the crimes and cases suspected by the criminal suspect, and put forward opinions.