通过程序弥合知识的鸿沟——论科学证据对刑事审判的挑战及应对

由于裁判者所具备的知识基本属于常识范畴，而对科学证据的审判断则需要专业技术知识，这正是科学证据能够不断对刑事审判提出挑战的内在原因。两大法系应对挑战的共同途径即是以保障裁判的正当性为基本目标，通过程序的完善来弥合知识的鸿沟。我国刑事诉讼程序中存在的诸多弊端，已严重影响到全国大人常委会《关于司法鉴定管理问题的决定》的贯彻和执行。因此，应以保障刑事审判的正当性为目标，改革相关程序，完善我国的刑事鉴定制度。

Fill the Knowledge Gap by Improving the Procedure--On Dealing with Challenges Raised by Scientific Evidence

Scientific evidence has raised challenges to criminal trial for a long time. The reason is that there is a gap between common sense and specialist knowledge. In order to guarantee the legitimacy of criminal trial, the two legal systems have dealt with the challenges by improvement of the procedure. Many problems existing in Chinese criminal procedure have affected the implementation of ＂the Decision on the Management of Forensic Expertise by the Standing Committee of the National People＇s Congress＂. Therefore, it is necessary to reform the criminal procedure and to improve the expertise system.