试论数码时代的照片证据规则

照片证据在刑事案件的侦查与审判中举足轻重,对案件的证明起到了至关重要的作用。但随着数码照相器材和PS技术的快速发展,照片的制作出现了新的变化,对数码照片进行后期修饰与合成的简单易行使得通过数码设备和技术得到的照片作为刑事案件的证据是否合法、是否如实地记录和反映了案件的真实情况受到了怀疑。通过完善照片证据规则和在侦查、审判阶段使用不同标准可作为解决照片作为刑事证据的合法性与证明力问题的一种方案。

On the Rules of Criminal Proof about a Photograph in Digital Times

It is important that a photograph proof works in the criminal case and the criminal courtroom because the photograph can change the result.With the development of digital cameras and the Photoshop,It turns much easier for modifying and merging a digital photograph.So it is doubted about the validity of a digital photograph that it works in a criminal case.The change becomes a challenge to the rules of criminal proof.The author brings forward improving the rules of criminal proof about a digital photograph,and using different rules for police and court.So it can improve the validity of a digital photograph.