Can the perpetrator be sued civilly for their crime if they're gone?
The scenario is: individual is driving under the influence but here’s the catch, the driver passed as soon as he colided with the female pedestrian (both died instantly upon collision) as the impact killed the driver and pedestrian. I mean, people saw what happened but justice is useless since the guy behind the wheel passed away along with his crime.
A criminal trial can’t happen, but won’t negate possibilities of a being pursued as a civil matter in regards to his last will & testament (estate). The victim’s family could sue based on that, if they learned that his estate has a beneficiary: they could argue against their next of kin being rewarded money, rather demanding the system to seize his estate & assets.
They would say that his family should not receive the inheritance (looking at it as if they’re being rewarded money for his actions), instead depriving them of any inheritance money, using that to pay for the victim’s burial or passing the funeral costs to the perpetrator’s family demanding them to pay for what their son has done (punishing them financially).
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