死刑限制适用与“舆论审判”的冲突

随着死刑复核权收归最高人民法院，死刑的适用和实际执行数量必然会减少。减少死刑实际执行的数量，法院无疑将面临来自各方面的压力，特别是来自“舆论审判”的压力。如何平衡死刑限制适用的新刑事政策与“舆论审判”之间的冲突是亟待解决的问题。     

准确把握公安涉外案(事)件处置工作原则

随着国际交往的不断发展,来沪外国人逐年增多,涉外案(事)件的数量也不断上升。在处理这些涉外案(事)件中应准确把握工作原则,充分运用法律法规。     

Taking Capital Punishment Seriously

Although Asia is the most important region of the world when it comes to capital punishment, it is also one of the most understudied. This article identifies four research questions that deserve attention from students and scholars who believe taking capital punishment seriously requires studying Asia seriously too. What are the empirical contours of capital punishment in contemporary Asia? What are the histories of capital punishment in Asia? Can Western theories of capital punishment explain patterns and changes in Asia? And what is the future of capital punishment in Asia? If researchers take the trouble to explore these questions, the death penalty will not only become an interesting window into law and society in Asia, but Asia will prove to be an instructive window into the death penalty—the gravest real-life problem in the law.     

我国死刑政策的制度分析

我国实行严格限制死刑适用的刑事政策,但是,这一刑事政策的法律制度设置存在着严重不足,死刑政策在制度层面上没有充分地得到落实,而且,死刑制度与死刑政策发生了某种背离。     

浅析服“美沙酮”自杀迟发性中毒死亡案

美沙酮是一种人工合成的麻醉药品,具有吗啡样药理作用,属于阿片受体激动剂。服"美沙酮"到发生死亡的时间超过20个小时,似乎吴女的死亡与美沙酮无关,但如果不对尸体进行解剖排除疾病因素及其他药毒物因素,是不能认定系"美沙酮"中毒死亡。     

死刑案件公诉引导侦查取证问题探讨

公诉引导侦查取证是检察机关公诉部门为提高公诉案件质量而进行的机制创新,其符合现代刑事诉讼构造,符合侦查程序的目的,有利于优化检警关系,符合刑事诉讼的基本规律和我国的基本国情。《刑事诉讼法》修改后,新的庭审方式提高了控辩双方的对抗性和公诉人的举证责任,公诉引导侦查取证是公诉部门应对这一变化的必然要求,作为公诉引导侦查取证的重点和主要内容的死刑案件,其程序构建应从主体、时间、方式三个方面进行。     

论我国在押人员死亡调查制度之完善

在现行制度下,在押人员死亡后,没有一个独立于监管部门的外部机构进行独立调查,也没有社会力量能参与到整个调查过程中,相关部门给出的调查结论往往面临很多质疑。长此以往,国家权力的公信力将受到严峻挑战。为此,应借鉴英国经验,深化改革,以立法明确在押人员死亡的调查由检察机关主导,社会力量参与;同时,通过举行公开听证、公布调查报告等,满足社会公众的知情权,确保调查程序的正当性。     

A comparison of wrongful convictions in death penalty cases between China and the United States

In recent years, both China and the United States (US) have discovered numerous wrongful convictions, including several cases in which innocent people have been sentenced to death. These discoveries have led both countries to reform the death penalty but the extent and nature of the reforms in each country have been greatly different. This article explores the similarities and differences between the nature of wrongful convictions in death penalty cases in China and the US. It will also compare the reforms undertaken in each country. On the whole, the US has made greater progress in the prevention and correction of wrongful convictions involving the death penalty, especially in the areas of evidentiary rules and post-conviction review. In order for China to match America's success, it is necessary that China adopt more substantive reforms. China should learn from America's experience and should continue to adopt international standards of criminal justice, such as due process rights, the presumption of innocence and the exclusion of illegally obtained evidence. In the interim, China should immediately suspend all executions until adequate reforms can be carried out. Ultimately, China should surpass the US in criminal-justice reform and in the field of human rights protection by completely abolishing the death penalty and creating a more effective mechanism for criminal punishment.     

试析《论犯罪与刑罚》中关于死刑的法律思想

死刑是对犯罪分子最严厉的处罚,也是最古老的刑罚之一,自死刑产生后的几千年,被历代统治者奉为"治国法宝",没有人质疑它存在的合理性."近代刑事法之父"贝卡利来在<论犯罪与刑罚>中最早对死刑的残酷性提出尖锐的批判,由此引发关于死刑存废的争论.本文着重探究贝卡利来主张废除死刑的积极思想,以期对死刑制度进行理性的再反思.     

Forensic DNA evidence and the death penalty in the Philippines

The death penalty remains a contentious issue even though it has been abolished in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, European Union member nations and some Asian countries such as Cambodia, East Timor and Nepal. Many argue that the irrevocability of the death penalty, in the face of potential erroneous convictions, can never justify its imposition. The Philippines, the first Asian country that abolished the death penalty in 1987, held the record for the most number of mandatory death offenses (30 offenses) and death eligible offenses (22 offenses) after it was re-imposed in 1994. Majority of death penalty convictions were decided based on testimonial evidence. While such cases undergo automatic review by the Supreme Court, the appellate process in the Philippines is not structured to accept post-conviction evidence, including DNA evidence.Because of the compelling nature of post-conviction DNA evidence in overturning death penalty convictions in the United States, different groups advocated its use in the Philippines. In one such case, People v Reynaldo de Villa, the defendant was charged with raping his 13-year-old niece that supposedly led to birth of a female child, a situation commonly known as ‘criminal paternity’. This paper reports the results of the first post-conviction DNA test using 16 Short Tandem Repeat (STR) DNA markers in a criminal paternity case (People v Reynaldo de Villa) and discusses the implications of these results in the Philippine criminal justice system.