The family of a woman who was stabbed to death to cover up a hit-and-run accident has demanded the 200,000 yuan ($31,780) compensation offered from the family of Yao Jiaxin who was executed for her murder.
药家鑫一案中的被害者张妙的家人现表示愿意接受药家鑫家人曾提出赠予受害人家庭的20万元。
The family of Zhang Miao initially refused to accept the financial offer eight months ago fearing it would lead to a more lenient sentence.
被害人张妙一家在八个月前曾拒绝接受这笔款项，担心接受这20万元会使药家鑫得到宽大处理。
"We refused to accept the money from Yao Qingwei (Yao Jiaxin's father) during the review of Yao's death sentence because we thought it was conditional – he was seeking a less punishment on his son. " Zhang Xian, attorney for Zhang Miao's family said in an statement on his Sina blog on Tuesday morning.
张妙一家的代理律师张显，周二在其新浪微博中发表声明称，“在药家鑫案件进入死刑复核期间，药庆卫（药家鑫之父）的确曾经将20万元送到张平选（被害人张妙之父）家里，但张平选将该款邮寄退回，因为该20万是有条件的，那就是意图求得对药家鑫的从轻判处。”
The notorious hit-and-run accident occurred on October, 20, 2010, when 21-year-old Yao Jiaxin, a college student in the northeastern Xi'an city, knocked down cyclist Zhang Miao and stabbed her to death in order to cover up the incident. The Xi'an Intermediate People's Court handed him a death sentence for intentional killing on April 22, 2011 and his appeal of the sentence was rejected by the Shaanxi Provincial Higher People's Court on May 20. The Supreme People's Court approved the capital punishment and he was executed on June 7.
这起骇人听闻的肇事逃逸案件发生在2010年10月20日，21岁的大学生药家鑫开车将骑车人张妙撞倒，随后为了掩盖自己的罪行将受害人刺死。西安中级人民法院以故意杀人罪于2011年4月22日判处药家鑫死刑。随后，药家鑫的上诉也被陕西省高级人民法院于5月20日驳回。高级人民法院于6月7日对药家鑫实行死刑。
