Is the legal aid network of Xinhua Net a regular website?
Generally credible Legal aid refers to a legal guarantee system in which legal aid agencies set up by the government or legal aid law firms set up by non-government organize legal aid lawyers to provide legal services for the parties in financial difficulties or special cases, especially those in rural areas. A special case refers to a case where the criminal suspect or defendant is blind, deaf, dumb or mentally ill who has not completely lost the ability to identify or control his own behavior, and no defender is entrusted, according to the provisions of the second and third paragraphs of Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). The people's court, the people's procuratorate or the public security organ shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him. If a criminal suspect or defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death penalty and fails to entrust a defender, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ shall notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him.