Is the legal aid provided by the Justice Bureau useful?
Legal aid certainly has a role, but it has a size; Those who apply for legal aid shall apply directly to the legal aid center. according to the relevant provisions of the legal aid regulations, applying for legal aid needs to meet certain conditions. Among them, the parties need to meet the standards of financial difficulties, and the criminal suspect did not hire a lawyer because of financial difficulties; In a case of public prosecution, the victim and his legal representative or close relatives fail to entrust an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties. However, if there is evidence to prove that the criminal suspect or defendant is mentally disabled in the first or second degree, and the people's procuratorate protests, and the case has great social impact, it can apply for legal aid from the above-mentioned legal aid institutions without providing proof of financial difficulties. In addition, for minors, blind, deaf, dumb, who may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death penalty, if a defender is not entrusted, the public security organ, the people's procuratorate and the people's court shall notify the legal aid institution affiliated to the judicial administrative organ at the same level to appoint a lawyer to defend them.