“意善而违于法者，免”

一段时间以来，因银行ATM自动取款机故障而发生的许霆盗窃金融机构一案，在社会上引发了极大的争议和讨论，该案一审判决许霆构成盗窃金融机构罪，判处无期徒刑，在许霆上诉后该案被发回重审，目前尚在审理之中。很明显，无期徒刑的刑罚，相对于许霆所实施行为本身的性质和前因后果来说，肯定是过重了，有失公允，即便合乎法律的规定，也与情理相背。     

好人还是坏人许霆案办案札记

2007年末．我所在的公诉二处承办了这样一个案件：原广东省法院保安人员许霆使用其银行借记卡在柜员机上取款时．发现柜员机出现故障，其在明知自己的银行账户只有170余元的情况下．取走了17万余元。我院以盗窃罪对许霆提起公诉．广州市中级人民法院一审判处许霆无期徒刑．这一判决引起了民众的普遍关注。许霆上诉后，广东省高院将该案发回重审。     

许霆案改判：司法与民意的共赢

3月31日，备受社会关注的许霆ATM机取款盗窃案重审后在广州公开宣判，广州市中级法院仍认定被告人许霆犯盗窃罪，但将原审判决的无期徒刑改为判处有期徒刑5年，井处罚金2万元。     

梳理“许霆取款案”

备受社会关注的“许霆取款案”的重审判决已经做出，法院仍然认定许霆构成盗窃罪，但判处其五年有期徒刑，并处罚金。此案在刑法上所具有的意义已远远超过了判决本身。针对近来舆论媒体及专家学者报道及评说．从刑法与民法的界限、法律解释以及法官的自由裁量权三个角度进行梳理与思考。     

浅析许霆案

2007年11月20日,广州市中级人民法院一审以盗窃罪判处许霆无期徒刑。这一判决在全国从事刑事司法研究的专家、学者以及律师间引起了激烈争论,各种观点层出不穷。其中,以许霆不构成犯罪为代表,亦有许霆构成侵占罪或构成信用卡诈骗罪的观点。本文认为许霆构成盗窃罪,但是法院的量刑过重。文中指出许霆不构成犯罪、许霆构成侵占罪、许霆构成信用卡诈骗罪的观点的错误与不足,并对许霆案做了简要的分析。     

大众的法律意识与法官的职业思维 以许霆恶意取款案为研究范本

许霆案件原本并不是什么大案、要案,但是一审判决无期徒刑后被媒体披露。"判决生效后,《新快报》率先披露此案,仅1000多字的报道,引起的巨大震动远远超过了记者预料。单在百度搜索引擎打下‘许霆’两个字,     

也论许霆案的定性

许霆案的判决定性和量刑存在一定的问题,许霆的行为不符合秘密窃取的行为类型,以盗窃罪定性并不准确;许霆的行为是侵占遗忘物,应评价为侵占罪。许霆案的生效判决不但在定性上是不恰当的,而且即便假设许霆案可以认定为盗窃罪,其生效判决的量刑理由也存在一定的不合理之处。     

取款机前的悲与喜——不能服众的判决

2006年4月21日，打工仔许霆用工资卡在ATM机取款时，意外发现ATM机出现故障，取1000元卡里才扣1元!狂喜之下，他连续刷卡，获取现金17．5万元。潜逃一年被抓获的许霆，被广州市中院以盗窃罪判处无期徒刑。许霆案一审判无期的消息引起各界热议，有罪？无罪？应轻判？应重判？……各方观点碰撞，成为读者关注焦点，甚至有法学专家就此召开研讨会。据悉，广东省高院在2008年1月9日撤销了广州市中院的一审判决，我们在等待此案的最新消息。     

关于许霆案重审判决的几点思考

笔者对许霆案判决提出以下几点商榷意见:一是许霆的行为是否是犯罪行为;二是如果许霆的行为是犯罪行为应该定为何种犯罪行为;三是自动取款机是否可以代表银行的意志:四是银行方面是否存在过错?如果存在过错该怎样追究其法律责任,另外,笔者认为许霆的行为应定性为侵占罪。     

在银行ATM机“多取款行为”的法律定性 从合同法和电子商务法视角对“许霆案”的辨析

2007年11月,广州中院审理判决了"许霆在ATM机(即柜员机)多取款"案,由于许霆被认定盗窃金融机构,一审判处无期徒刑。案件公开后,引发了网民、法学专家、律师、社会公众等的大讨论,有认为根本不构成犯罪,     

想象竞合犯处断原则的困境与重构

目前关于想象竞合犯的三大处断原则均存在不足。对此,必须以全面评价原则与禁止重复评价原则为指导,以行为无价值、结果无价值、主观罪过三要素为核心,构建新的想象竞合犯处断规则,即想象竞合犯的处刑应当是数罪中最重之宣告刑加上余罪之宣告刑的2/3。该处断规则必须在《刑法》第69条之下运行,即遵守限制加重原则,且如果数罪中有死刑或无期徒刑的,采取吸收原则,执行死刑或无期徒刑;如果数罪中有判处有期徒刑和拘役的,同样采吸收原则,执行有期徒刑;数罪中有判处有期徒刑和管制,或者拘役和管制的,采逐次执行原则,有期徒刑、拘役执行完毕后,管制仍须执行。     

许霆案应为“民事侵权损害赔偿案”的理析及启示

许霆案判决之误的原因,该案的民/刑违法属性差异,采取证伪与证成并举的方法,论证该案作为"刑事犯罪案"的不成立和作为"民事侵权案"的成立。许霆案引致的"刑事犯罪与民事侵权的关系"、"刑事理论与刑事实践的关系"、"刑事实践与刑事政策的关系"等问题,为我们提供了如何会通法治的若干启示。     

“许霆案”与中国法律的形式主义困境——兼论波斯纳的法律活动理论

通过许霆案的法学观察,展示学者何以为学者以及学者关注实践的学理方式;并结合许霆案这样一个特殊案例的分析,试图揭示出支配中国法律的形式主义法律观,为救济这种形式主义法律观可能存在的理论困境和实践难题,提出实用主义法律观尤其是波斯纳的法律活动理论可能具有更强的现实解释力和理论正当性。     

Direct and Indirect Effects of Case Complexity, Guilty Pleas, and Offender Characteristics on Sentencing for Offenders Convicted of a White-Collar Offense Prior to Sentencing Guidelines

Previous research on the punishment of offenders convicted of a white-collar offense estimated models that specify only direct effects of defendant characteristics, offense-related variables, and guilty pleas on sentence severity. Drawing from conflict or labeling theories, much of this research focused on the effects of offender's socioeconomic status on sentence outcomes. Findings from this research are inconsistent about the relationship between defendant characteristics and sentence severity. These studies overlook how differences in case complexity of white-collar offense and guilty pleas may intervene in the relationship between offender characteristics and sentence outcomes. This study seeks to contribute to an understanding of federal sentencing prior to the federal sentencing guidelines by testing a legal-bureaucratic theory of sentencing that hypothesizes an interplay between case complexity, guilty pleas and length of imprisonment. This interplay reflects the interface between the legal ramifications of pleading guilty, prosecutorial interests in efficiency and finality of case disposition in complex white-collar cases, and sentence severity. Using structural equation modeling, a four-equation model of sentencing that specifies case complexity and guilty pleas as intervening variables in the relationship between offender characteristics and length of imprisonment is estimated. Several findings are noteworthy. First, the hypothesized interplay between case complexity, guilty pleas, and sentence severity is supported. Second, the effect of offender's educational attainment on sentence severity is indirect via case complexity and guilty pleas. Third, offender's race and gender effect length of imprisonment both directly and indirectly through the intervening effect of case complexity and guilty pleas. These findings indicate the need to specify sentencing models that consider the direct and indirect effects of offender characteristics, offense characteristics, and guilty pleas on judicial discretion at sentencing.     

Life imprisonment: recent issues in national and international law

This article notes that, because understandings of what life imprisonment means are often ambiguous, the life sentence is sometimes perceived to be relatively uncontroversial. Life imprisonment without the prospect of parole for children under the age of 18 years is the most extreme form of this sentence that can be imposed. However, in the United States of America even such sentences have only recently become the subject of public debate. In contrast, in a small but growing number of jurisdictions all life sentences are regarded as constitutionally suspect and contrary to human rights, whilst in the majority of jurisdictions the imposition of life imprisonment is strictly limited. The article traces recent developments in the imposition and implementation of life imprisonment that have evoked some controversy. It pays particular attention to attempts that have been made in practice to ensure that life imprisonment produces punishment that is proportionate to the crime. It points out, however, that a renewed focus on combating dangerous offenders through indeterminate preventive sentences has blunted even this modest safeguard. It warns that this tendency increases the risk of life imprisonment being an unfairly harsh penalty.     

媒体对定罪量刑活动可能带来负面影响的作用机制

媒体对定罪量刑活动所带来的负面影响,主要是以舆论为中介,其作用机制表现为:媒体传播引发舆论,舆论会带来民愤与民怜两方面效果,民愤与民怜成为影响定罪量刑的两大因素。媒体对定罪量刑活动所带来的负面影响程度受刑事立法、媒体和司法制度等方面因素影响。     

司法实践中“道德法律化”的困境

在司法实践中，“道德法律化”判决结果混淆了道德与法律的本质区别，其在逻辑前提、价值定位上尚需探讨。本文以许霆案为素材，从其价值层面分析“道德法律化”中隐含的道德标准绝对化、一元化和道德约束强权化的倾向，阐明其对社会道德生活存在的潜在威胁及其对“合法、独立、平等”的司法原则之核心价值的影响。     

吴春红蒙冤16载

4月1日上午,河南省高级人民法院的一起改判案件引起了社会广泛关注——2004年11月15日,河南省商丘市民权县人和镇周岗村两名孩童因毒鼠强中毒一死一伤,河南农民吴春红被民权县公安局认定为这起投毒杀人案的犯罪嫌疑人。2005年6月23日,吴春红被商丘市中级人民法院以故意杀人罪判处无期徒刑。之后,吴春红4次上诉,河南省高级人民法院3次裁定撤销原判,发回重审,但吴春红最终被判处无期徒刑。2018年9月,这起案件经过最高人民法院指令发回再审。4月1日,吴春红最终等来"改判无罪"。     

UK: Welsh court reduces sentence, cites HIV status

A Welsh appeal court has reduced the sentence handed down to an offender because of his HIV status, despite his lengthy criminal record. The court reduced the sentence from five to three-and-a-half years' imprisonment.