1. Can the criminal indictment be given to family members?
No, unless the defender is a family member A copy of the indictment in a criminal case should be served on the defendant and his defender ten days before the court session, that is, if the family members are the defendants' defenders, then the court will serve the criminal indictment on the defenders (that is, the family members), and only in this case will it be served on the family members. If the family member is not a defender, then the family member can consult the defendant or the defendant's defender.
Second, the statute of limitations in criminal cases.
As for the limitation of prosecution in criminal law, Article 87 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that crimes that exceed the following time limit shall not be prosecuted:
1, and the maximum legal penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years.
2. The maximum legal penalty is more than five years, and those who are less than ten years shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than ten years.
3. The statutory maximum sentence is more than ten years, and the fixed-term imprisonment has passed 15 years.
The maximum legal penalty is life imprisonment. If it is deemed necessary to prosecute after 20 years of execution of the death penalty, it shall be reported to the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.