转型期我国死刑价值取向分析

Value orientation of Death Penalty in China in transition period

我国正处于社会转型期,这一时期犯罪形势不容乐观,而此时刑法修正案(八)却将我国原有的68项死刑罪名减至55个,取消了包括走私文物罪、金融凭证诈骗罪、信用证诈骗罪等共13个经济性非暴力犯罪的死刑,也使其他国家看到了中国对于死刑和人权问题的重视。基于我国的法律文化传统以及当今的社会现实,死刑作为一种极端的刑罚手段存在也是具有相对合理性的,因此当前我国应在限制死刑这一价值取向的基础上,进一步探索我国刑罚制度的构建。

China is in the social transition period, in which period the crime situation is not optimistic, but the Ctinfinal Law Amendment （VIII） reduces the original 68 death charges to 55, cancels the death penalW of a total of 13 non-violent economic crimes, including smuggling of cultural relics, the financial credentials fraud, credit fraud, etc, which also lets other countries see China＇s attention to the issues on death penalty and human tights. Based on our cultural traditions of law and reality of today＇s society, there is a relative rationality that the death penalty exists as an extreme penalty means, and therefore we should further explore the construction of our penal system based on the value orientation to limit the death penalty in China.