What if a friend is criminally detained on suspicion of extortion? Is this situation serious?

According to the provisions of Article 274 of the Criminal Law, whoever extorts a large amount of public or private property or extorts it repeatedly shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or 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 and fined.

It can be said with great certainty that lawyers play a very important role in criminal cases, and it is very necessary to hire professional criminal defense lawyers to help criminal suspects or defendants. In the investigation stage, lawyers can meet criminal suspects, relieve their anxiety and give them psychological comfort; Explain the accused charges and relevant legal knowledge to the criminal suspect, so that the criminal suspect can know whether he constitutes a crime or the possible consequences; Minimize the occurrence of extorting confessions by torture; It can also help criminal suspects to apply for bail pending trial according to the case.

Sentencing provisions for extortion.

1. The starting point and benchmark punishment for fixed-term imprisonment, criminal detention and control with a statutory penalty of less than three years.

If the amount of extortion of public or private property reaches the starting point of 3,000 yuan (2,000 yuan in poor mountainous counties and cities), or the number of extortion reaches three times in two years, the starting point of sentencing shall be determined within the range of four months of criminal detention to six months of fixed-term imprisonment.

2. The sentencing starting point and benchmark punishment for the range of fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years.

Extortion of public or private property, the amount of crime reached the starting point of "huge amount" of 60,000 yuan (50,000 yuan in poor mountainous counties and cities), and the starting point of sentencing was determined within the range of 3 to 4 years of imprisonment.

3. The starting point and benchmark punishment of the statutory punishment within the range of fixed-term imprisonment of more than ten years.

Blackmailing public or private property, the crime amount reaches 500,000 yuan (400,000 yuan in poor mountainous counties and cities), and the starting point of sentencing is determined within the range of 10 to1year imprisonment.