论口供的证明力

Probative Force of Oral Confession

口供就是犯罪嫌疑人、被告人供述和辩解,包括犯罪嫌疑人、被告人承认有罪的供述、关于自己无罪、罪轻的辩解和揭发同案被告人的攀供。口供具有一定程度上的客观性,这也是口供得以发挥证明作用的基础。由于口供的来源——犯罪嫌疑人、被告人在刑事诉讼活动中处于绝对的劣势,因此必须对口供的证明力加以限制。首先,要从证据能力上对口供加以必要的限制;其次,应该从程序制度上对口供的取得、使用予以规范。

Oral confession is the declaration and exculpation of the criminal suspect and the accused. It includes the plea of guilty, the exculpation of not guilty or lighter crime, and implicate others in a confession. Oral confession is objective in a certain extent. That is the base of its probative force. Because the criminal suspect and the accused, the source of the oral confession is on an inferior position in the criminal procedure, it is necessary to restrict its probative force, its credibility and its taking and using by the right procedure.