Lawyers get an advocate
<p><span word="Download">Download</span></p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="judge">judge</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="call">call</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="boost">boost</span> <span word="lawyers">lawyers</span>' <span word="role">role</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="courts">courts</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="reduce">reduce</span> <span word="wrongful">wrongful</span> <span word="convictions">convictions</span>, <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Shen">Shen</span> <span word="Deyong">Deyong</span>, <span word="vice">vice</span>-<span word="president">president</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Supreme">Supreme</span> <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Court">Court</span>, <span word="has">has</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="judges">judges</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="respect">respect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="lawyers">lawyers</span>, <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="defense">defense</span> <span word="lawyers">lawyers</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="judges">judges</span> <span word="avoid">avoid</span> <span word="handing">handing</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="wrongful">wrongful</span> <span word="verdicts">verdicts</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="fully">fully</span> <span word="understand">understand</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="lawyers">lawyers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="integral">integral</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="community">community</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ally">ally</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="courts">courts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="irreplaceable">irreplaceable</span> <span word="force">force</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="preventing">preventing</span> <span word="wrongful">wrongful</span> <span word="convictions">convictions</span>," <span word="Shen">Shen</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="article">article</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="People">People</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Court">Court</span> <span word="Daily">Daily</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="newspaper">newspaper</span> <span word="affiliated">affiliated</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="court">court</span>.</p><p>"<span word="It">It</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="preferable">preferable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="spare">spare</span> <span word="guilty">guilty</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hand">hand</span> <span word="down">down</span> <span word="wrongful">wrongful</span> <span word="punishment">punishment</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="innocent">innocent</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="article">article</span> <span word="entitled">entitled</span> <span word="How">How</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Prevent">Prevent</span> <span word="Wrongful">Wrongful</span> <span word="Convictions">Convictions</span>, <span word="Shen">Shen</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Criminal">Criminal</span> <span word="Procedure">Procedure</span> <span word="Law">Law</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="stipulates">stipulates</span> <span word="lawyers">lawyers</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="right">right</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="legal">legal</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="defendants">defendants</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="facts">facts</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="laws">laws</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="designed">designed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="balance">balance</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="defendants">defendants</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="prosecutors">prosecutors</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="prevent">prevent</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="presumption">presumption</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="guilt">guilt</span>.</p><p>"<span word="Defense">Defense</span> <span word="lawyers">lawyers</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="reliable">reliable</span> <span word="power">power</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="courts">courts</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="upholding">upholding</span> <span word="justice">justice</span>," <span word="he">he</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Experts">Experts</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="remarks">remarks</span> <span word="re">re</span>-<span word="assess">assess</span> <span word="lawyers">lawyers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="court">court</span> <span word="hearings">hearings</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="reverse">reverse</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="current">current</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="under">under</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="role">role</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="lawyers">lawyers</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="often">often</span> <span word="undermined">undermined</span>.</p><p><span word="Hou">Hou</span> <span word="Xinyi">Xinyi</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="professor">professor</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Nankai">Nankai</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Tianjin">Tianjin</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="philosophical">philosophical</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="putting">putting</span> <span word="law">law</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="respecting">respecting</span> <span word="lawyers">lawyers</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="compel">compel</span> <span word="courts">courts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="review">review</span> <span word="controversial">controversial</span> <span word="cases">cases</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="allegedly">allegedly</span> <span word="imprisoned">imprisoned</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="innocent">innocent</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dampened">dampened</span> <span word="judicial">judicial</span> <span word="credibility">credibility</span>.</p>
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