Legal analysis: Legal aid refers to a legal protection system in which legal aid agencies established by the government organize legal aid lawyers to provide free legal services to parties with financial difficulties or special cases. For criminal suspects and defendants who are blind, deaf or mute, or mentally ill persons who have not completely lost the ability to recognize or control their own behavior and have not entrusted a defender, as well as criminal suspects and defendants who may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death, there is no If a defender is entrusted, legal aid shall be provided.
Legal basis: "Legal Aid Regulations" Article 11 If any of the following circumstances occur during criminal proceedings, citizens may apply for legal aid from legal aid agencies:
(1) Crime If the suspect fails to hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after the first interrogation by the investigative agency or from the date when compulsory measures are taken;
(2) The victim of the public prosecution case and his legal representative or close relatives shall not From the date when the case is transferred for review and prosecution, no litigation agent has been appointed due to financial difficulties;
(3) The private prosecutor and his legal representative in a private prosecution case shall not be able to appoint a litigation agent due to financial difficulties from the date when the case is accepted by the people's court. If a criminal suspect or defendant fails to appoint a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons, the criminal suspect or defendant shall not appoint a defender.
"Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China" Relatives can apply for legal aid from legal aid agencies. If they meet the conditions for legal aid, the legal aid agency should assign a lawyer to defend them.
The criminal suspect or defendant is blind, deaf, mute or has not yet fully recovered. If a mentally ill person who has lost the ability to recognize or control his own behavior has not retained a defender, the people's court, people's procuratorate and public security agency shall notify the legal aid agency to assign a lawyer to provide defense for him.
The criminal suspect or defendant may. If a person is sentenced to life imprisonment or death and does not retain a defender, the people's court, people's procuratorate and public security agency shall notify the legal aid agency to assign a lawyer to provide defense.