1. According to the fact that 1 has been arrested for more than a month and immediately handed over to the procuratorate, combined with the legal provisions, lawyers can basically be hired to perform defense duties at this time, rather than simply legal consultation.
2. Hiring a lawyer is not necessarily related to lightening or mitigating punishment. The lawyer's duty is to put forward suggestions to the court for lighter or mitigated punishment according to the facts of the case and the law, and whether to adopt them in court.
3. Since it is a crime of more than 30, combined with your question, you need to hire a lawyer to defend it.