论刑事证明责任的性质及其运用

On the Nature of the Criminal Burden of Proof and Its Applications

对证明责任性质的探讨有助于深化对刑事证明责任性质的研究。证明责任是为了解决案件事实真伪不明时,法律关于诉讼风险的分配问题。而刑事证明责任的性质是指,作为控诉方的检察机关如果对指控被告人的犯罪事实不能提出证据加以证明或者证明不能满足排除合理怀疑的标准,最终导致法院没有支持控诉方的主张,败诉的风险由检察机关来承担的问题。据此,在刑事诉讼中,侦查机关和法院不承担证明责任,真正意义上的证明责任,即败诉风险的负担,始终固定在控诉一方。

Discussions of the nature of the burden of proof will benefit the research of the nature of the criminal burden of proof.The burden of proof is to solve the unknown facts of the case＇s authenticity and the allocation of litigation risk in the law.The nature of the criminal burden of proof,if the evidence of the crime facts and the prosecutor＇s prosecution against the defendant can not be proved or not proved beyond reasonable doubt standard,the Court doesn＇t support the prosecutor＇s claims eventually,and the prosecutor will assume the risk of losing.Accordingly,in criminal proceedings,investigative agencies and the courts do not bear the burden of proof,the real burden of proof and the risk of losing is fixed to the prosecutor.