论罚金刑的适用

The Application of the Fine Penalty

罚金刑属于财产刑范畴,相对于主刑而言,是从刑,其与主刑并列适用不仅具有补足主刑的作用,而且有调适主刑强度的功能;罚金刑单独适用时,则具有主刑的性质,承担着独立均衡罪责的功能。罚金刑适用的根据是量刑情节和犯罪人的财产状况,区分定罪事实和量刑事实,才能使罚金刑的适用更加合理并符合精细化司法理念的要求。适度肯定法官对罚金刑的自由裁量权,有助于发挥罚金刑预防犯罪功能和防止对犯罪人的过度惩罚,有利于实现司法公正和保障人权的目标。

Fine penalty belongs to the category of property punishment,and it is the supplementary punishment relative to the principal punishments. When it is applied together with the principal punishments,it has both the function of supplementing the principal punishments and the function of adjusting the intensity of principal punishments. When it is applied separately,it has the nature of the principal punishments,bearing the function of independently balancing the crime and the responsibility. The basis of the application of fine is the circumstances of sentencing and the property status of the offender. It is therefore important to distinguish the convicted facts and the circumstances of the sentencing in order to make it more reasonable to apply the fine penalty and meets the requirement of the judicial idea of specifying. It will help to exert the function of the fine penalty to prevent crime and to prevent the excessive punishment of criminal offences if the judges be given more discretion in the application of fine.