民意对刑事司法的影响考量——基于概念的解读

Consideration of Impact of Public Opinion on Criminal Justice—Interpretation based on Concept

刑事司法领域中的民意是公众在对因为某种原因受到社会各界格外关注的刑事案件认知、判断的基础上,根据法律正义的外在社会价值形成的带有普遍倾向和较多道德成分的观点或意见。民意是与案件处理结果有关(直接或潜在)但被国家排斥在刑事诉讼活动之外的一种重要利益的体现。司法以审慎的态度吸纳有效民意,符合司法民主的要求,并可克服法律滞后于生活之弊端。民意的刑事政策化则是实现民众合理司法诉求的有效途径。

Public opinion in the field of criminal justice is a general and moral opinion formed in accordance with external social values by the public when a criminal case attracts great interests from all circles of life.It is linked,directly or indirectly,with the outcome of criminal cases,yet excluded by national criminal procedure.The fact that justice prudently takes up valuable public opinions accords with the requirement of judicial democracy,which can solve the problem that laws lag behind time.The tendency of turning public opinion into criminal policy is an effective approach to fulfill people＇s reasonable judicial appeal.