也论适用死刑的犯罪主体应该有年龄上限——基于历史和刑法的视角

On Limit of the Age of Those Who Would Be Adopted Death Penalty——From the Prospect of History and Criminal Law

我国是严格限制死刑适用的国家之一。我国限制死刑适用的重要途径就是限制适用死刑的犯罪主体范围。我国刑法明确规定对犯罪时不满 18周岁的未成年人和审判时怀孕的妇女不得适用死刑。但是我国刑法理论界和实务界对于适用死刑的犯罪主体的年龄应否有一个合理的上限这一问题却较少涉及。我们将从历史和刑法这两个视角来对这一问题进行审视并认为我国刑法中应当合理设定适用死刑的犯罪主体的年龄上限 ,从而通过对适用死刑主体上的限制进一步限制死刑的适用。我们认为 ,这也是我国限制死刑适用比较理性的选择之一。

China is one of the nations that strictly limit the adoption of the death penalty. The important way to limit the adoption of the death penalty is to limit the scope of subject of crime who would be adopted death penalty. It is stipulated in the criminal law that young people under 18-year-old and pregnant women should not be adopted the death penalty. However, whether there should be a rational limit of age of those who would be adopted the death penalty is a problem. Rethinking it from the prospect of the history and criminal law , the author considers that we should set a rational limit of age of those who would be adopted deathpenalty This is the rational choice of limiting the adoption of death penalty.