量刑畸轻的理性检讨——以自首对职务犯罪量刑的影响为例

A Rational Review of Excessively Light Sentence——An Illustration of the Impact of Confession of One's Crime on Duty Crime Sentence

与普通刑事案件相比,职务犯罪案件中量刑偏轻的现象十分普遍,在具备法定从宽量刑情节时,这种现象尤为突出。刑事司法实践中,自首对刑种的选择、刑度的确定、缓刑和免刑的适用产生较大的影响,成为导致对职务犯罪量刑畸轻的重要因素。之所以出现这种状况,是因为现阶段我国的量刑制度不完善、量刑规则缺位、量刑理念偏差及案外因素影响。为解决这个问题,应从完善制度、平衡司法、更新观念、限制案外因素影响四个方面加以应对。

Compared with ordinary criminal cases, duty crime cases are inclined to extremely light sentences, esp. for the legal lenient punishment cases. In Criminal judicial practice, confession of one＇s crime has great impact on the choice of punishment, the determination of punishment extent, the appli- cation of probation and exemption from punishment, becoming the leading cause of excessively light duty crime sentence. The reason for such a situation in present China lies in the imperfect sentencing system, the missing sentencing rules, the deviational sentencing concept and the influence of factors outside the cases. In order to solve this problem, we should do our best to perfect the system, balance the justice, update the conception and restrict the influence of outside factors.