ATM恶意取款案若干问题探析

许霆恶意取款行为应属于刑法调整范围，构成盗窃罪。按严格解释原则和禁止类推解释的要求，ATM机不宜认定为金融机构，这样原判刑罚就不会重至公众无法接受的无期徒刑。此案法院经重审仍认定为盗窃金融机构，但认为具有特殊情况，故根据刑法第63条第二款之规定对许霆减轻处罚，判处5年徒刑，减轻幅度过大。认为许霆是因受诱惑而犯罪以及不具有期待可能性，因而不具备可罚性的观点难以成立。

On Issues of Case of Dishonestly Drawing Money from ATM

Xu Ting＇s dishonest act of drawing money from ATM belongs to larceny in the scope of the criminal law. According to the principle of strict interpretation and the prohibition of analogy explanation, ATM machines should not be recognized as financial institutions, so the original punishment should not be so heavy that the public can not accept a life sentence. The court retried the case, still identified it as the theft of financial institutions, but it is of special circumstances, so according to the second section of No.63 article of the Criminal Law, Xu Ting has got reduced punishment——five years in prison. The point cannot be accepted that Xu Ting is open to temptation, makes the crime and can be exempted from punishment.