宽严相济刑事政策的理性分析

A Rational Analysis of the Criminal Policy of Combining Punishment with Leniency

宽严相济刑事政策是我国目前最为基本、核心的一项刑事政策,它体现了构建社会主义和谐社会的基本要求,是刑事立法和司法的灵魂所在。然而它的提出却并不是偶然的,而是我国长期惩治、预防和控制犯罪经验的总结,是新形势下传统刑事政策的进一步完善和发展,是刑法指导思想上的一次飞跃,具有重大的时代意义和价值。但当前值得注意的是,理论界、司法界仍然存在对宽严相济刑事政策认识把握不够一致的地方,甚至有较大的偏差,实践中这一政策的贯彻上也存有诸多困难。因此,很有必要就这一政策的历史渊源、提出的历程、提出的依据、与其他刑事政策的关系、内涵、意义、实施等问题全面进行阐述,进行理性的分析和判断,以求能够正确实施宽严相济刑事政策,维护公平正义,确保法律效果和社会效果的有机统一。

The criminal policy of combining punishment with leniency in China is the basis and core of criminal policy. It reflects the basic requirements for building the harmonious Socialist society, and is the soul of criminal legislation and justice. However, it is not made incidentally, but by China＇s long--term experience of crime punishment, prevention and control. It is a perfection and development from the traditional criminal policy in the new era. It is the first leap of the guiding ideology of criminal law with significant epoch meaning and value. Currently, the understanding and mastering of the criminal policy by combining punishment with leniency is inconsistent and even has a big leeway in theory, and there are many difficulties in the implementation in practice. Therefore, it is necessary to have an exhaustive discussion and rational analysis of the historical origins, the course, the proposed basis, the relation with other criminal policy, the meaning, the significance, the implementation and other issues on the criminal policies, so as to implement correctly the criminal policy, safeguard fairness and justice, and ensure the unity of legal and social effects.