Which patients' families need to sign a letter of understanding?

The letter of understanding must be signed by the main family members (including parents, spouses, children, brothers and sisters) or the agents entrusted by the parties. You don't need everyone else to sign.

The purpose of issuing letters of understanding is to reduce the punishment of criminal suspects, and some can release criminal suspects on bail pending trial. Therefore, the letter of understanding is sent by the victim to the criminal's family, and the responsible lawyer generally handles specific cases for the criminal suspect.

If the premise of the letter of understanding causes harm to the victim, it shall be clearly stated that the compensation has been reached and the actual compensation has ended. If there is no harm to the victim, there is no need to express it, but the focus of the letter of understanding should be clear that the victim has understood and the victim requests to be exempted from investigating the criminal responsibility of the defendant (criminal suspect).

Article 278 of the Criminal Procedure Law: If both parties reach a settlement, the public security organ, the people's procuratorate and the people's court shall listen to the opinions of the parties and other relevant personnel, examine the voluntariness and legality of the settlement, and preside over the preparation of a settlement agreement.

Article 279 The public security organ may make suggestions to the people's procuratorate for leniency in cases where a settlement agreement is reached. The people's procuratorate may put forward suggestions for lenient punishment to the people's court; If the circumstances of the crime are minor and there is no need to be sentenced to punishment, a decision not to prosecute may be made. The people's court may punish the defendant lightly according to law.

The parties to a civil lawsuit may entrust 1-2 relatives or other citizens as litigation agents, although in other places, they may entrust close relatives to mediate the lawsuit and reach a mediation agreement with the other party.

You can go to the court where you are now to ask for a power of attorney, fill in the entrusted matters and the name of the entrusted person according to the above requirements, sign your name, attach a copy of your ID card and mail it to your relatives, who will hand it over to the judge, and then they can conduct litigation and mediation activities on their behalf.

China Court Network-People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Procedure Law