严格限制死刑与严厉惩罚死罪——当代死刑制度的基本特点与未来走向

在目前仍然保留死刑的国家和地区,死刑的适用与执行无不呈现出如下三个特点:第一,适用条件越来越严格,程序越来越繁琐;第二,从审判到执行的时间越来越长,死刑适用的成本不断增大;第三,对死刑犯实行集中关押、单独监禁和严厉管制。这些做法对于保障死刑犯行使辩护和救济权利,保证死刑适用的程序公正和实体正确,防止可能发生的死刑错判无疑具有积极作用。与此同时,这些做法也使得死刑犯受到了监禁与处死的双重重罚,对死刑制度的未来走向将会产生重要的影响。

Limiting Death Penalty Strictly and Punishing Crimes Severely

Application and execution of death penalty in retentionist countries display the following similar characteristics,in the first place,application procedures are becoming more and more strict and complicated;secondly,the delay between trial and execution is becoming longer and longer and the cost greater and greater;finally,concentration imprisonment、solitary confinement and rigorous regulation have become dominating practices.These measures have helped to ensure the fairness and exactness in application of capital punishment and prevent judicial miscarriage.However,they have also led to double punishments:death and long imprisonment and are influencing the trend of death systems.