联合国国际公约对死刑的规定及中国的应对

联合国自成立以来一直关注死刑的问题，先后通过了一系列国际公约与会议决议，尤其2007年“暂停死刑执行”决议的通过，对世界死刑废止进程产生了实质性的影响。中国作为联合国常任理事国之一，仍然在法律中保留着死刑以及实际执行死刑。如何应对死刑废止全球化的趋势，是刑法学界与司法界共同面临的问题。应从联合国公约决议关于死刑规定的流变入手，在解读相关条约决议的内容基础上，结合中国实际提出刑事立法与司法上应对策略。     

指导性案例产生的根据、程序及障碍

指导性案例的形成，以实践理性为哲学基础，以人类行为的可重复性和相似性为社会基础，以高质量的裁判文书为文本基础，还需经特定机关依相关程序确认。关注如何形成的同时。也不能忽视妨碍指导性案例生成的制度障碍与现实困境。     

死刑执行时间的古今比较与反思

我国具有漫长的死刑执行传统,对死刑执行的时间也有十分严格的规定,现代死刑执行时间的规定借鉴并发展了古代的传统。通过总结分析我国死刑执行时间的历史渊源,区别古今死刑执行时间的异同,可以为我国当前死刑制度改革提供一定的制度借鉴。     

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.     

死刑复核权归位之程序构想

随着10月26日,最高人民法院正式发布《人民法院第二个五年改革纲要》,决定收回死刑复核权。法学理论界与司法实务界一直以来关于死刑复核权的争议与质疑似乎尘埃落定。然则,收回是一句话,如何收回, 复核程序又将如何完善,又是学界与司法界不得不直面的复杂问题。本文拟针对当前死刑复核程序之弊端提出完善死刑复核程序之构想。     

IMAGES OF GOD AND PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: DOES A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOVING GOD MATTER?*

This study argues that the nature and intensity of a person's relationship with God creates a transposable cognitive schema that shapes people's views toward public policies such as executing convicted murderers. In this context, we investigate whether Americans who report having a close personal relationship with a loving God are less likely to support the death penalty. We hypothesize that such a relationship tempers the tendency to see punitiveness as an appropriate response to human failings. Individuals who hold a loving God image are more likely to believe that God responds to those who have “failed” or “sinned” by demonstrating unconditional love, forgiveness, and mercy. Accordingly, support for capital punishment is problematic because it contradicts the image of a merciful, forgiving deity; God's purpose—and admonition to believers—is to demonstrate compassion toward those who have trespassed against others. We test these possibilities using the 2004 General Social Survey (GSS). Controlling for a range of religious factors and other known predictors of death penalty attitudes, the results show that Americans with a personal relationship with a loving God are less likely to support capital punishment for convicted murderers.     

论铁路犯罪现场摄影

铁路刑事案件主要是指发生在铁路公安机关管辖的铁路站场、列车、线路空间范围内的各种犯罪。由于在案件构成上具有一定的特殊性，铁路犯罪现场摄影应该根据铁路犯罪现场的属性来系统地记录现场状况。认识铁路犯罪现场的重要性和特殊性，是搞好铁路犯罪现场摄影的内在要求。铁路犯罪现场摄影特殊性主要是在拍摄铁路犯罪现场照片过程中，如何结合铁路犯罪现场构成的特性以及铁路犯罪现场存在、处置的条件和专业要求等来做好现场摄影工作。铁路犯罪现场摄影应按照及时、全面、客观、细致的要求来完成。     

从伊犁州刑事案件的发案调查谈宗教管理

伊犁州是东西方宗教、文化的汇集地,民族宗教与刑事犯罪之间具有密切的联系。这在新疆其他地区也有普遍性。切实掌握新疆宗教的特点,牢牢把握斗争的主动权,是依法加强宗教事务管理,维护新疆社会稳定的基石。     

死刑:一种残酷的刑罚

残酷刑罚是不尊重罪犯尊严和人格,或者剥夺或限制罪犯不应剥夺或限制的权利,或者无助于实现使罪犯成为新人要求的,或者造成罪犯肉体或精神上极度痛苦的不必要的刑罚。残酷刑罚的认定有绝对性和相对性两个标准。无论从绝对性还是相对性标准看,死刑都是一种残酷的刑罚。     

论检察官的刑事裁量权

传统理论认为,量刑是人民法院行使刑事案件审判权的表现,只有法官才有刑事裁量权.根据现行法律和检察工作的实际需要,检察官也应当充分行使刑事裁量权.检察官刑事裁量权具有特殊表现和特性.