有罪答辩与量刑减让

被告人的有罪答辩对其获得的量刑减让有着重要的作用和影响。在英美等国 ,有罪答辩是量刑减让的正当依据 ,但有罪答辩与量刑减让之间并不存在必然的因果关系 ,法官对被告人施以的量刑减让以及减让的程度 ,还需考虑犯罪的性质、被告人的基本情况等其他因素。同时 ,量刑减让制度对于被告人有罪答辩的作出又存在反作用。被告人有罪答辩的作出来自于律师、检察官和法官传递的量刑减让的信息 ,在英美等国 ,法官对量刑减让信息的披露是受到严格限制的。我国传统意义上的坦白属于被控人的一项法定义务 ,具有实体意义 ,不同于有罪答辩 ,故坦白从宽政策不具有正当性。与此同时 ,我国简易程序中对有罪答辩的量刑减让则具有正当性 ,但减让的实施较英美等国有较大的限制。

Guilty Plea and Sentence Discount

In Countries such as the United Kingdom and the United States of America,the sentence discounts for guilty pleas are accepted as a legal general principle. However,relation of guilty pleas and sentence discounts is not a certain relation of cause and effect,judges retain their discretion to deal appropriately with the sentence discounts and sentence extent for the defendant who indicates a guilty plea. Meanwhile,for judgment in defendant's mind,a guilty pleas the defendant indicates is based on a expect for sentence discount,the voluntairness and appropriateness of guilty plea lie in that the information on sentence discount are delivered and dialed properly. In our country,that the defendant who confess his guilty is entitled to a discount in his sentence is undue,because traditional confession is different from guilty pleas.In future,the effect of the guilty plea on sentence discount is limited.