死刑制度改革论纲

On the Reform Approach to China's Death Institution

死刑是一个存在了几千年的古老刑种,有关死刑存废的争议已持续了二百多年。我国虽然是一个保留死刑的国家,但是死刑在我国应严格限制。因为我国已加入了有关严格限制死刑的国际公约。另外,从保护人权的角度,也要求我们限制死刑。为此,我国的刑事诉讼中有关死刑案件的审理程序要进行相关改革,如增加刑种﹑在诉讼程序中更加注重保护被告人的人权﹑加大死刑案件法律援助的力度等。上述措施是为了确保死刑案件的公正审理和判决,同时达到限制死刑的目的。

Beginning from its origin,the death penalty has already had the history of thousands of years,Reservation or abolition question of death penalty has also been argued for more than 200 years.China has been enforcing the policy of 'retaining death penalty and a cautious sentence of death',because human rights should be concerned more and China has joined some international treaties of retaining death penalty.The existing judicial administration of death penalty in China fails to meet the general rules of justice,lacks the particularities which the due process is expected to have and is too simplified and inexpensive.Some policy have been changed,including the process of death penalty.