Legal analysis: Whether you need to hire a lawyer to represent you during the execution stage must be based on your actual situation. Lawyers can play a role in execution. The representation of many cases should be included in the execution stage. If you are hiring a lawyer to represent you individually, it is actually not necessary.
Legal basis: Article 39 of the "Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China" Defense lawyers may meet and communicate with criminal suspects and defendants in custody. Other defenders may meet and communicate with criminal suspects and defendants in custody with the approval of the People's Court and People's Procuratorate.
If a defender requests to meet with a criminal suspect or defendant in custody with a lawyer's practicing certificate, a law firm certificate, a power of attorney, and an official legal aid letter, the detention center shall arrange the meeting in a timely manner, and the meeting time shall not exceed 48 hours.
For crimes endangering national security or terrorist activities, defense lawyers who meet with criminal suspects in custody during the investigation must obtain permission from the investigation agency. In the above circumstances, the investigation agency shall notify the detention center in advance.
Defense lawyers can meet with criminal suspects and defendants in custody to learn about the case and provide legal advice; they can verify evidence with criminal suspects and defendants from the date the case is transferred for review and prosecution. Meetings between defense lawyers and criminal suspects or defendants are not subject to surveillance restrictions.
The provisions of paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 shall apply when defense lawyers meet and communicate with criminal suspects or defendants who are under residential surveillance.