刑事证人出庭作证制度的完善

Improvement of the System of Criminal Witness' Testifying in Court

证人出庭在整个刑事诉讼过程中意义重大,关系着案件的实体公正和程序公正。细化和完善我国证人出庭制度才能最大程度地实现证人出庭的预期价值,具体措施有:扩大证人保护案件的类型;明确保护措施的实施程序;完善强制证人到庭规定;明确证人拒绝出庭后其书面证言的效力。

The attendance of witnesses is of great significance throughout the course of criminal proceedings and is related to substantive justice and procedural fairness of the cases .The expected value of attendance of witnesses can be realized best through refining and improving our system of attendance of witnesses ,with the specific measures as expanding the types of witness protection cases ,making clear the implementation procedures of protective measures , improving the compulsory provisions of witness in court ,and defining the effectiveness of witness ’ written testimony after their refusing to appear in court .