刑事司法沉默权刍议

Study on reticent right in criminal judicature

沉默权是刑事诉讼中,犯罪嫌疑人、被告人享有的一项自然权利,是无罪推定原则的延伸。西方大多数国家在刑事诉讼中采取了沉默权制度,中国目前尚未有关于沉默权的明确规定。我国应借鉴国外的经验,加强立法确立沉默权制度,以完善我国刑事司法制度。

The reticent right refers to the rights of the suspect and defendant to keep silent when questioned by the judge in the criminal procedure, is the stretch of the extension of doctrine of the presumption of innocence. Most of the western countries have taken the practice of reticent right in criminal lawsuits. Our country should learn from the western countries, establish the reticent right system, and perfect our criminal judicature system.