法国庭前认罪答辩程序评析

为克服效率低下所导致的法庭堵塞,法国立法者于2004年3月9日引入了法式辩诉交易制度,即庭前认罪答辩程序。与美国及意大利的辩诉交易程序相比,法国庭前认罪答辩程序具有三大特征,即较狭窄的适用范围、较弱化的合意制度以及较完善的保障机制。从3年来的践行效果上考察,庭前认罪答辩程序虽然取得了一定的成效,但适用率并不太高,在程序规范性上仍有待加强。此外,庭前认罪答辩程序在价值认同及制度冲突层面还面临着五大挑战。

Plea-bargaining in France

To raise the "court-blockage" resulted from lower efficiency, on the 9th Mar., 2004, the French legislators introduced the French-styled plea-bargaining into the criminal procedure, which has three features: limited application, faint sense of meet of minds and welled-improved protection mechanism. After 3 years’ experience, though having made some gains, plea-bargaining in France proves of no satisfactory application and its procedures should be further normalized. Also, in respect of its values and institutional conflicts, plea-bargaining in France has to take up another 5 challenges.