日本刑事庭审程序对我国庭审实质化改革的借鉴价值——以“江歌案”庭审为分析样本

Reference Value of Japanese Criminal Trial Procedure for Substantial Reform of Court Trial in China——Taking the “Jiangge Case” Trial as Sample for Analysis

"江歌案"是近期日本东京地方法院审判的一起被告人不认罪的案件,其庭审过程展现了实质化庭审程序的基本特征,包括统摄全程的争点与证据整理程序、针对性极强的证据调查程序、独具特色的人证调查程序和焦点集中的辩论程序等。以日本刑事庭审程序改革的经验为参照,我国庭审实质化改革应着力于建构争点与证据整理程序(庭前会议制度与开场陈述程序相结合)、完善证据调查申请程序和人证调查程序、调整法庭辩论程序、取消最后陈述程序,从而使刑事庭审程序各环节前后呼应,始终紧紧围绕控辩争点进行,形成一个有机的整体,保证庭审具有更强针对性、具有更高的效率。

The"Jiangge Case"is a case in which the defendant did not plead guilty in the recent trial of the Tokyo District Court in Japan. The trial process demonstrated the basic characteristics of the substantive trial procedure,including the disputes and evidence sorting procedures throughout the whole process,evidence investigation procedures with very specific purposes,unique witness investigation procedures,and focused debate procedures. Taking the experience of Japanese criminal court procedure reform as a reference,China’s trial substantive reform should focus on building disputes and evidence sorting procedures( in the combination of pre-trial conference system and opening statement procedure),improving evidence investigation application procedures and witness investigation procedures,adjusting court debates procedures,and canceling the final statement procedure,so that the various stages of the criminal trial process are consistent,and focused on the debate points,forming an organic and holistic process,ensuring more targeted and more efficient trials.