In a criminal trial, a lawyer may be refused to defend, or a defender may be entrusted to defend. However, due to economic difficulties or other reasons, he did not entrust a defender to apply to a legal aid institution; A mental patient who is blind, deaf, dumb or has not completely lost the ability to identify or control his own behavior has not entrusted a defender; He may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death penalty, and if he has not entrusted a defender, he must have a defender to defend him.
Legal objectivity:
Article 79 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the executing organ shall submit a proposal for commutation to the people's court at or above the intermediate level. When trying a case, the people's court shall form a collegial panel, and if there are facts of repentance or meritorious service, it shall make a ruling to reduce the sentence. Without legal procedures, the sentence may not be reduced. Article 80 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) shall be counted from the date when life imprisonment is commuted to fixed-term imprisonment.