预断防范:刑事庭审实质化诉讼层面之思考

Preventing Prejudgment:Making Criminal Trials Substantive at the Level of Litigation

刑事庭审实质化的内核在于通过庭审认定案件事实并在此基础上定罪量刑,法官对案件事实的全部认知以及裁判心证应当且只能来源于庭审过程。围绕审判程序运行,现行立法中存在诸多可能引发法官预断的制度漏洞,导致庭审调查和辩论的心证塑造功能落空,庭审流于形式化。为切实防范法官预断,在诉讼层面推进刑事庭审实质化,应当改革卷宗移送方式、调整庭前会议制度设置、贯彻言词审理方式、完善起诉书撰写方式。

The very core of making criminal trials substantive is to find facts and decide sentence through court trial, and the court trial should be the only source providing mental impression for judges. However, there are many loopholes in current legislation which may leads to prejudice and results in ceremonial trial. To prevent prejudgment and achieve a substantive trial at the level of litigation, the way of submitting files shall be changed, the pre-trial meeting should be modified, the principle of verbal trial need be established and the contents of indictments should be revised.