Prohibited from audio and video recording [lawyer meeting stage]

Lawyers meet with criminal suspects and defendants to understand the facts of their illegal crimes and provide legal assistance. By understanding the case situation and obtaining case information, they can better effectively defend the criminal suspect or defendant.

Common ways for defense lawyers to record interviews include their own memory, making interview transcripts, audio recordings, video recordings, etc. There are often biases in recall, and there is no basis for subsequent review. FasterLawyer does not recommend that lawyers adopt this method. Making interview transcripts can relatively complete and accurately record the facts stated by criminal suspects and defendants. After completion, with the signatures of criminal suspects and defendants, the statements of criminal suspects and defendants can be recorded more objectively, but the production time is relatively long. longer.

Audio and video recordings can completely record the communication between lawyers and criminal suspects and defendants, truly reflect the content of the communication at that time, and are easy to play and listen to repeatedly. The video recordings can fully display the facial expressions of criminal suspects and defendants at that time. , the objectivity of its stated facts can be further analyzed.

How lawyers record the content of interviews should be determined from a perspective that is conducive to work, that is, to facilitate defense work. At present, detention centers across the country should maximize the use of audio and video recordings by lawyers to interview criminal suspects and defendants. Lawyers should also use audio and video content within the scope of laws and regulations to establish a good image of themselves.

In the practice of criminal cases, if a lawyer encounters a situation where the detention center prohibits him from using video recording, it is recommended that he actively communicate with the police and explain that he will strictly abide by the relevant provisions of the Lawyers Law of the People's Republic of China , uphold his professional ethics, and It is only used for defense work, and the use of audio and video recording is also a way of paperless green office in the corresponding country.