网络相约自杀中群组负责人刑事归责问题探析

Analysis on the Criminal Responsibility of Group Leaders in Suicide Through Online Appointment

互联网自杀群组是网络相约自杀现象滋生的主要场所之一,群组负责人在其中承担了重要角色。在网络相约自杀中,群组负责人诱导和帮助行为人实施自杀行为,从而致使未产生自杀决意或不能理解死亡含义的行为人进行自杀行为而产生刑法规定的死亡结果;如果群组负责人参与了相约自杀,但自身并未死亡,在自杀过程中有能力阻止其余自杀行为人死亡而未采取相应措施的,应当认定为故意杀人;如与群内其余人员在同一时间内对同一对象有事先的共谋共划致使其参与约死而死亡的,则可能构成共同犯罪,其余情况则不宜认定为犯罪。

The online groups of suicide pacts are one of the main places where the online suicide pacts sprawl,and the group leaders play dominant roles in them.It shall be deemed as intentional homicide in the online suicide pacts if the group leader induces and assists victims who have not made suicidal decisions or cannot understand the meaning of death to commit suicide,resulting in the death defined by the criminal law,or if the group leader participates in the online suicide pact but has not died ultimately while he and has the ability to prevent the death of other suicides during the suicide process but has not done so.It may be deemed as joint crime if the group leader conspires with other members of the group at the same time to cause the same victim to participate in the suicide pact and die therefrom.The group leader should not be deemed to be a criminal except for the situations as stated above.