死刑改革视野下民意价值探究

The Value of Public Opinion in the Context of Death Penalty Reform

作为社会意识的范畴,反映社会心理的死刑民意对于死刑改革的影响是客观的。民意是否支持死刑改革,不但关涉死刑改革的进度和深度,还决定着死刑改革的合理性和权威性;死刑改革决不能无视民意、排斥民意,应当正视死刑民意的价值,不能忽略死刑民意对于死刑改革的路径选择、内容取向以及改革策略的影响。

Belonging to the category of social ideology, the public opinion on death penalty as a reflection of social psychology has objective inlfuence on the death penalty reform. It not only concerns the process and profundity of death penalty reform, but also determines the reasonableness and authority of this reform. Instead of neglecting and repulsing public opinion, we should face the value of such opinion, and pay attention to its inlfuence on the ways, orientation and strategies of death penalty reform.