论刑事庭审实质化

Making Criminal Trials Substantive

刑事庭审实质化是"以审判为中心的诉讼制度改革"的基本要求,其内核是被告人的刑事责任在审判阶段通过庭审方式解决。在一些地方的司法实践中,逮捕"绑架"审判,审理方式以审查案卷笔录为主,庭前会议实体化,以及法庭审理仅以定罪为中心,均在一定程度上虚置刑事审判程序,使其流于形式。在构建庭审中心裁判机制以及落实"权责一致"办案责任制的背景下,有必要消除庭审虚化的成因,建构审判中心主义的诉讼结构,实现直接言词原则的庭审方式,合理定位庭前会议功能,调整定罪与量刑并重的庭审内容,在诉讼制度层面实现我国刑事审判程序的实质化。

Making criminal trials substantive is a basic requirement of 'trial-centered procedural reform.' The core issue is that the defendant's criminal liability should be resolved at the trial stage.In the course of judicial practice,arrest 'forced' trial,conducting the trial primarily through the investigation of case documents and transcripts,making the pre-trial meeting substantive,and making the trial focus on conviction alone,all to some extent weaken criminal trial procedure and make it a mere formality.In the context of constructing a judicial system in which the trial is central and there is parity of authority and responsibility,it is necessary to eliminate the factors weakening the trial system,develop a trial-centered litigation structure,realize the principle of direct oral evidence as a trial method,provide a rational orientation for the function of the pre-trial meeting,fine-tune the trial content of laying equal stress on conviction and sentencing,and make Chinese criminal trial procedure substantive at the level of litigation.