Do people who may be sentenced to life imprisonment have to be defended by lawyers?

legal analysis: the court should arrange defenders for those who may be sentenced to life imprisonment or death penalty according to law. If the criminal suspect or defendant fails to entrust a defender separately, the public security organ, the people's procuratorate and the people's court shall promptly notify the legal aid institution to appoint another lawyer to provide defense for him.

Legal basis: "Article 15 of the Provisions on Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings

If a criminal suspect or defendant insists on defending himself and refuses to appoint a lawyer to defend him, the legal aid institution shall allow it and make a decision to terminate the legal aid; For those who have legitimate reasons to ask for a change of lawyer, the legal aid institution shall appoint another lawyer to defend them. The legal aid institution shall appoint other lawyers to defend those who have justified reasons to change their lawyers.

if a criminal suspect or defendant refuses to have a lawyer appointed by a legal aid institution to defend a case that should be notified, the public security organ, the people's procuratorate and the people's court shall find out the reasons, and if they refuse with justifiable reasons, they shall allow it, and at the same time inform the criminal suspect or defendant to appoint another defender. If the criminal suspect or defendant fails to entrust another defender, the public security organ, the people's procuratorate and the people's court shall promptly notify the legal aid institution to appoint a lawyer to defend him.