特殊群体从宽处罚问题的法理解析

Legal Analysis on Lenienly in Penalty for Special Group

特殊群体作为需要给予特殊帮助和保护的群体,其合法权益需要针对其特殊性给予特别的保护。我国自古就有"矜老恤幼"的思想,且在法律制度中彰显其精神。人类社会的文明进步,在刑法领域中体现为刑罚制度的文明与进步。当今社会人权意识普遍提高,人道尊严成为人类社会普遍的价值权利,刑罚人道主义已成为一种主流的刑罚观。对特殊群体从宽处罚是刑罚人道主义的体现和要求。刑罚人道主义不排斥刑罚个别化,在对特殊群体的保护上,体现为在定罪、量刑上要考虑其生理、心理方面的特殊性,其社会危害性和人身危险性通常在一定程度上也有别于一般的犯罪,因此在定罪、量刑和行刑过程中需要适当从宽。

According to their specinlty, the special group who shall be especially protected should be treated better on their unique rights. In our country, thoughts of protecting seniors and youths have a long history from ancient China. The pro- gress of criminal punishments reflects the progress of mankind. Nowadays, with the promotion of human rights and dignity, human sympathy on criminal punishment has become common sense of mankind. The lenient treatment towards special group is the reflecting and requirement of human sympathy on criminal punishment. Human sympathy on criminal punish- ment does not exclude the difference on the lenient treatment for special group, which appears at guilty convincing and measurement of penalty shall include special group＇s psychology, physiology and danger on society and body so as to shall be lenient at guilty convincing and the protection of penalty.