刑事诉讼证人出庭制度的再思考

Reflections on the Testifying System in Criminal Lawsuit

证人出庭作证对当事人(特别是被告人)权益的保护、增强诉讼活动的透明度、保障司法公正具有十分重大的意义。如果证人不出庭,特别是重要、关键证人不出庭作证,这将直接影响到刑事案件的庭审质量和审判结果。但是,目前的司法实践中,证人出庭作证难已成为严重困扰我国刑事审判的一个重要问题。通过界定证人的范围,剖析证人不出庭的原因及危害,以期构建一种更加完美的证人出庭作证制度。

The testifying system plays an important part in protecting the prosecutor＇s rights,increasing the transparency of lawsuit and ensuring judicial justice.If the witness,especially a key one,refuses to testify at the court,the quality and justice of criminal cases will be greatly jeopardized.In the actual practice of jurisdiction,however,the absence of witness and testifiers has become a prominent issue in domestic criminal lawsuit.This paper defines the scopes of testimony and analyzes the reasons for the witnesses＇ refusal to testify in an attempt to formulate a better testifying system.