叶公好龙:刑事证人出庭的一个寓言

我国目前呼唤"证人出庭"是一个叶公好龙式的伪命题,无论是法官、控辩双方、被害人,还是警察等都没有做好证人出庭的准备。其中书面证言确认制度、"大司法机关"体制、证人全程伪证责任等因素促生法官不情愿证人出庭的心理,而警察出庭作证制度缺乏"怀疑权力"的文化传统和个人积极性。进而言之,目前关于证人出庭具体配套规则的对策也有难以克服的缺陷。而我们要认真对待实践而不至于做脱离实际的制度设计。

A Fabl of DoubIe Faces on Witness Presence in Criminal Court

Nowadays call for witness presence in criminal court is a pseudo-proposition in our country, whereas judges,procuratorial organs,defense lawyers,victims,policemen and others,have not well made mental preparation for witness presence in court.Some systematic factors,such as written testimony confirmation,big ju- dicature and whole-proceeding liability of perjury,urge judges to be averse from witness presence in court,and the system of police as witness in court has no support of cultural tradition of suspicion to power and individual enthusiasm.Furthermore,the countermeasures of suggesting concrete rules matching witness' court presence have insurmountable bugs,so design for the system of witness presence in court should be practical and not be ivory- towered.