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What can a criminal lawyer do during the investigation phase?

During the investigation stage, after the public security organ, the people's procuratorate and other statutory organs conducting investigations interrogate the criminal suspect for the first time or from the date when compulsory measures are taken, the lawyer may accept the criminal suspect or his relatives, or other persons entrusted by the criminal suspect. hired to provide legal advice to criminal suspects, and criminal suspects who have been subjected to torture to extract confessions or have been detained for extended periods of time have the right to represent them in appeals and accusations. If a criminal suspect is detained, he may apply for release on bail pending trial.

1. After accepting the entrustment, the lawyer will get in touch with the investigation authority, learn about the suspect's alleged crime from the investigation authority, and promptly put forward specific requirements for meeting the criminal suspect.

2. When a lawyer meets a criminal suspect, he can learn about the case from him.

3.Lawyers provide legal advice to criminal suspects when they meet them, including the following:

(1) Legal provisions on the conditions, duration and applicable procedures of compulsory measures;

(2) Consultation on the criminal suspect's alleged crime, the provisions of the Criminal Law, and the mitigation of punishment;

(3) Legal provisions on the application for withdrawal of investigators who have an interest in the case;

(4) The criminal suspect truthfully confesses to the investigators' questioning about the alleged crime and has the right to refuse to answer questions unrelated to the case;

(5) Criminal suspects have the right to request to write a confession by themselves, the right to check, supplement, correct, and add explanations to the interrogation transcripts made by the investigators, and the obligation to sign or seal the transcripts after admitting that there are no errors;

(6) The criminal suspect enjoys the right of the investigation organ to inform him of the appraisal conclusion used as evidence and the right to apply for supplementary appraisal or re-appraisal;

(7) The right of self-defense enjoyed by the criminal suspect;

(8) The right of appeal and accusation enjoyed by criminal suspects;

(9) Criminal Law on surrender, meritorious service and other relevant provisions;

(10) Legal provisions on criminal investigation jurisdiction;

4. Apply for bail for criminal suspects

After a lawyer learns about the crime suspect's alleged crime from the investigation authority and meets with the criminal suspect, if he believes that the detained criminal suspect meets the conditions for release on bail pending further investigation, he may apply for release on bail pending further investigation or request a change in the compulsory measures.

5. Acting for complaints and complaints

Based on the criminal suspect's alleged crime and the case situation learned from the criminal suspect, the lawyer may accept the criminal suspect's entrustment and file a complaint with the relevant organ on his behalf, requesting correction.

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