The crime of intentional homicide requires compensation. If the victim has suffered material losses as a result of the defendant's criminal act, he has the right to bring an incidental civil action in the course of criminal proceedings. If the victim is dead or incapacitated, the legal representative and close relatives of the victim shall have the right to bring an incidental civil action.
[Legal Basis]
Article 232 of the Criminal Law stipulates that anyone who intentionally kills someone shall be sentenced to death, life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years; If the circumstances are relatively minor, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than 10 years.
Article 101 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that if the victim suffers material losses due to the defendant's criminal act, he or she has the right to bring an incidental civil action in the course of criminal proceedings.
If the victim is dead or incapacitated, the legal representative and close relatives of the victim shall have the right to bring an incidental civil action. If losses are caused to state property or collective property, the People's Procuratorate may bring an incidental civil action when initiating a public prosecution.
