刑事辩护

刑事辯護

xíngshìbiànhù

noun

Meanings

1 criminal defense (law)
2 defense in a criminal case

Characters

punishment / criminal

protect / defend

Examples

他专门从事刑事辩护工作。

Tā zhuānmén cóngshì xíngshì biànhù gōngzuò.

He specializes in criminal defense work.

被告有权委托律师进行刑事辩护。

Bèigào yǒu quán wěituō lǜshī jìnxíng xíngshì biànhù.

The defendant has the right to engage a lawyer for criminal defense.

Tips

usage

Contrast with 民事诉讼 (civil litigation). A 刑事辩护律师 is a criminal defense lawyer; the PRC Criminal Procedure Law guarantees the right to 辩护 from the first interrogation.

Stroke Order

刑 xíng

事 shì

辩 biàn

护 hù