论死刑案件刑事裁判对公众舆论的涵摄——基于刑事裁判规范生成与证成的考量

The Absorption of Public Opinion in the Referee of Death Penalty Criminal Cases:Based on the Consideration of Generation and Justification of Criminal Referee Specification

公众舆论与刑事裁判的关系一直是理论界和实务界讨论的热点问题。由于涉及人的生命,死刑案件的裁判更能引发公众舆论的关注。死刑案件中的公众舆论是死刑文化的征表,司法审判时需要加以考量,在死刑改革中更需予以正视。在死刑裁判规范的生成过程中,公众舆论在一定程度上是社会危害性的征表,其可以作为合法性的事实理由存在;在死刑裁判的证成阶段,公众舆论可以作为裁判的合理性理由存在。但是,死刑案件的裁判结果并不是必须与公众舆论相一致,提倡在坚持死刑适用的实质标准前提下,同时兼顾死刑裁判的社会可接受性,可以使死刑裁判更具公信力。

The relationship between public opinion and the criminal judgment has been a hot topic in theory and in practice.In death penalty cases,as it relates to human life,more public opinion＇s attention is aroused.The public opinion in the death penalty cases stands for the death culture,which needs to be considered in the judicature and to be faced in the death penalty reform.In the generation process in the referee specification of the death penalty,the public opinion to a certain degree is on behalf of social harm,of which there may be a reason for the legitimacy of the facts.In the process of the referee＇s penalty,public opinion can serve as reasonable grounds.However,the result of death penalty cases must not be consistent with public opinion.Instead,it should be conducted under the applicable substantive standards of the death penalty,taking into account the social acceptability,in order to make the referee of death penalty more credible.