论陪审团之合理怀疑对实现正义的价值——以影片《十二怒汉》为切入点

On the Reasonable Doubts of the Jury on the Value of Justice——Starting from "The Twelve Angry Men"

在英美法系国家,一些重大疑难案件中对有罪无罪起决定作用的是陪审团而不是法官。陪审团审判的制度设计初衷在于程序上保障被告人由一般人理性审判,这种理性是在法律框架内对僵硬的法律本身的超越。凭借着一群不懂法的人的合理怀疑,纠正机械的诉讼程序和证据所可能带来的弊端,从而能够保障被告人乃至每一个公民的人权,实现法律的终极价值——正义。

In common law countries, it is the jury that play a decisive role on the guilt or not guilt in some difficult cases, not judges. The jurors who do not know the statutes correct the drawbacks of the mechanical procedures and evidence sestems with their reasonable doubts, and thus protect the accused as well as the human rights of every citizen to realize the ultimate value of the law-justice.