Is it true that the Supreme People's Court and the Ministry of Justice jointly introduced measures to carry out the pilot project of full coverage of lawyers' defense in criminal cases?

Recently, the Supreme People's Court and the Ministry of Justice recently jointly issued the Measures on Carrying out the Pilot Work of Full Coverage of Lawyers' Defense in Criminal Cases (hereinafter referred to as the Measures). This is an important measure to promote the judicial reform and the reform of the lawyer system, and it is also a great progress in the judicial protection of human rights in China. It is of great significance to give full play to the defense function of lawyers in criminal cases, safeguard judicial justice and highlight the progress of socialist civilization ruled by law in China.

The "Measures" refer to the full coverage of lawyers' defense in criminal cases, mainly including the full coverage of lawyers' defense in the trial stage of criminal cases, which specifically includes the following contents: the defendant stipulated in Articles 34 and 267 of the Criminal Procedure Law shall inform the defense situation, and the people's court shall notify the legal aid institution to assign lawyers to defend him; In addition, in other cases of first instance and second instance and cases tried in accordance with trial supervision procedures, if the defendant fails to entrust a defender, the people's court shall also notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him.

This will expand the scope of notice defense to all cases of first instance, second instance and cases tried in court according to trial supervision procedures; At the same time, if the defendant does not have a defender in a case tried by summary procedure or expedited procedure, the people's court shall notify the lawyer on duty stationed by the legal aid institution to provide him with legal aid; Before the lawyer appointed by the legal aid institution or the lawyer entrusted by the defendant provides defense for the defendant, the defendant and his close relatives may make a request for legal help, and the people's court shall notify the lawyer on duty stationed by the legal aid institution to provide legal help.