Legal aid refers to a legal guarantee system that legal aid agencies set up by the government organize legal aid lawyers to provide free legal services for people with financial difficulties or special cases. Special case means that according to Article 34 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), the defendant in a criminal case is blind, deaf or dumb, or the minor has not entrusted a defender, or the defendant may be sentenced to death without entrusting a defender, and should receive legal aid. Therefore, not all lawyers have the obligation of legal aid, only lawyers under certain conditions have the obligation of legal aid. 3. Under what circumstances can I apply for legal aid? According to Articles 10 and 11 of the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Legal Aid [1], if a citizen has the following matters and does not entrust an agent or a defender, he may apply for legal aid or be appointed by the people's court to defend himself: 1, and request state compensation according to law. 2. Request for social insurance benefits or minimum living security. 3. Request for pensions and relief funds. 4. Requesting to pay alimony, alimony and alimony. 5. Requesting payment of labor remuneration. 6. Advocate the civil rights and interests arising from the courageous deeds. 7 cases of personal injury compensation caused by medical accidents, traffic accidents and industrial accidents. 8. Due to domestic violence, abuse, bigamy, etc. Cases in which the victim asks for divorce and personal injury compensation. 9. The criminal suspect fails to hire a lawyer due to financial difficulties after the investigation organ makes the first inquiry or takes compulsory measures. 10. The victim of a public prosecution case and his legal representative or close relatives have not entrusted an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties since the date when the case was transferred for examination and prosecution. 1 1. After the people's court accepts a case of private prosecution, the private prosecutor and his legal representative fail to entrust an agent ad litem due to financial difficulties. 1 2. In a case where a public prosecutor appears in court for public prosecution, the defendant fails to entrust a defender due to financial difficulties or other reasons. If the people's court appoints a defense for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid. 1 3. If the defendant is blind, deaf, dumb or a minor and has not entrusted a defender, or if the defendant may be sentenced to death and has not entrusted a defender, when the people's court appoints a defense for the defendant, the legal aid institution shall provide legal aid without examining the defendant's financial situation. Perhaps ordinary people will directly look at related criminal activities from the perspective of right and wrong, but lawyers are not allowed to do so. As a criminal suspect in a criminal case, even if he is extremely vicious, he has some legitimate rights and interests and should be respected by the judicial department. In the whole process, it is precisely because of lawyers that the rights and interests of criminal suspects have been fully guaranteed.
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What is the content of legal aid? 1. The concept of legal aid Legal aid refers to a legal guarantee system in which legal aid agencies set up by the government organize legal aid lawyers to provide free legal services to parties in financial difficulties or special cases. A special case refers to a case in which the criminal suspect or defendant is a mental patient who is blind, deaf, dumb or has not completely lost the ability to identify or control his own behavior, and has not entrusted a defender in accordance with the provisions of the second and third paragraphs of Article 34 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). People's courts, people's procuratorates and public security organs shall notify legal aid institutions to appoint lawyers to defend them. If a criminal suspect or defendant may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death without entrusting 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. 2. The object of applying for legal aid (1) is within the scope of legal aid provisions (the case that needs to be resolved through litigation or arbitration procedures should have been filed); (two) there are sufficient reasons to prove that legal aid is really needed to protect their legitimate rights and interests; (3) Being unable or completely unable to pay legal service fees due to economic difficulties; (4) the city's household registration or holding a temporary residence permit in this city. 3. Materials for applying for legal aid (1) Resident ID card, household registration certificate or temporary residence permit; (2) street (township), the labor department and the relevant units issued by the applicant and his family members; (3) Basic information about the application for assistance and relevant case materials; (4) Notice of filing a case by a court or arbitration institution; (five) other materials required by the legal aid center. If the applicant is a minor or a person without legal capacity, his guardian shall apply on his behalf and submit a power of attorney.