刑事附带民事诉讼中的死亡赔偿金适用问题综述
A Literature Review on the Application of Death Compensation in Criminal Incidental Civil Litigation

死亡赔偿金系对被害人近亲属预期收入损失的赔偿，根据《民法典》及《民事诉讼法》的相关规定，侵权人除应当赔偿为治疗和康复所支付的合理费用及因误工减少的收入外，还应当赔偿丧葬费和死亡赔偿金，因此，死亡赔偿金在民事诉讼中是能够统一判赔的。然而，我国在刑事附带民事诉讼中是否应支持死亡赔偿金的问题上，理论界与实务界并未达成一致观点，与单纯民事诉讼统一判赔死亡赔偿金产生矛盾。实践中，各级法院对于刑附民案件中是否支持死亡赔偿金的作法不一，甚至同一法院内部的判决也相差甚远，该乱象严重影响了司法权威。因此，厘清死亡赔偿金的性质、探究问题背后的成因并提出有效的解决方案，具有理论及现实意义。
Death compensation is compensation for the expected loss of income of the victim’s close relatives. According to the relevant provisions of the Civil Code and the Civil Procedure Law, in addition to the reasonable expenses paid for treatment and rehabilitation and the income reduced due to missing work, the infringer should also compensate for funeral expenses and death compensation. Therefore, death compensation can be uniformly awarded in civil proceedings. However, the theoretical and practical circles have not reached an agreement on whether death compensation should be supported in criminal incidental civil litigation in our country, which is in contradiction with the simple civil litigation. In practice, the courts at all levels have different ways to support the death compensation in the cases of torture and attachment, and even the judgments within the same court are very different, which seriously affects the judicial authority. Therefore, it is of theoretical and practical significance to clarify the nature of death compensation, explore the causes behind the problems and put forward effective solutions.