Sentences with phrase «get criminal legal aid»
If you've been charged with a crime, ask your solicitor or barrister if you're able to get criminal legal aid.
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The act of defending a person arrested or charged with a criminal offence is often incorrectly painted in the stereotype of fat cat lawyers getting rich from legal aid by using technicalities to ensure that guilty people are acquitted of their hideous crimes.
Free legal aid organizations may not want to say they will represent you right away, and many times they have limits on what they can get involved in (i.e., only civil cases and not criminal cases), but it's worth a try.