Legal aid gets a bad press. Some rail against handing taxpayers' money to criminals; others attack fat cat lawyers, while some argue that we spend far more on legal aid than other countries. But let's get some facts straight: saying that legal aid is just about criminals is wrong - most goes to people before any decision is taken on their guilt.

Legal aid is central to righting wrongs and rectifying injustice.

Victims want to know that the true perpetrators of their crime are convicted - legal aid helps achieve this.

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