摘要: 中国的量刑规范化改革是一种旨在推进量刑公正的可贵的、积极的努力。刑法上的罪刑法定原则和刑事诉讼法上的程序法定原则为量刑规范化改革提供了基本的理论依据。《人民法院量刑指导意见(试行)》和《关于规范量刑程序若干问题的意见(试行)》总结了我国的司法实践经验和量刑改革试点经验,但也存在某些不足之处。如前者未能贯彻责任主义和禁止双重评价的量刑原则;后者所持量刑程序相对独立的立场对于被告人不认罪或者辩护人作无罪辩护的案件造成困扰,而赋予检察机关量刑建议权,在实践中导致了不利于被告人的结果。对于量刑规范化改革的实际效果,官方与学者褒贬不一,相关的实证研究尚待进一步展开。中国的量刑规范化改革在总体上应当服务于轻刑化的刑罚改革方向,凸显对被告人人权的尊重。实体与程序两方面的改革不存在主辅之分,而是并行不悖;应当将量刑规范化限定在合理的范围之内,避免极端化的改革方式。
关键词:
量刑改革,
量刑理论,
量刑规范
Abstract: China's reform on sentencing standardization is a positive and valuable effort aiming to promote justice insentencing phase.Nullun Crimen sine lege und nulla poena sine lege in criminal law and principle of due processin criminal procedure law provide the theoretical basis for it. People's Court Sentencing Guideline and Opinionson Several Issues about Regulating Sentencing Procedure have summarized experiences from our judicial practiceand also from the sentencing pilot project initiated recent years.However, they still need improving: for exam-ple, the former does not hold on to the principle of liability and that of prohibition of double jeopardy.The latterprovides the comparatively independent sentencing procedure,which will bring troubles to criminal cases in whichthe defendant insists on his innocence or the defense attorney presents innocent defense.Besides, the latter en-dows the prosecutor with the power to recommend sentence, which often lead to unfavorable results for the defen-dant in the practice. As for the actual effect of China's reform on sentencing, the government and the scholarsappraise it differently, and the relevant empirical study is yet to carry out. China's reform on sentencing stan-dardization should in general follow the trend of the penalty reform heading for leniency and embody the respectfor defendant's human rights.Reforms on the substantive law and the procedural law should be conducted simul-taneously.The reform on sentencing standardization should be restricted to a reasonable scope and avoid going ex-treme.
Key words:
Sentencing Reform,
Sentencing Theory,
Sentencing Norm
熊秋红. 中国量刑改革:理论、规范与经验[J]. 法学家, 2011(5): 37-53.
XIONG Qiu-Hong. China’sReform on Sentencing:Theory,Norm and Experience[J]. , 2011(5): 37-53.