终身监禁新规法理争议问题论要

The Research on the Controversial Issues about the New System of Life Imprisonment in Contemporary China

《刑法修正案(九)》中增设的贪污受贿犯罪之死缓犯终身监禁制度具有替代死刑立即执行和严肃惩治严重腐败犯罪之双重功能,其属于依附于死缓制度而存在、刑罚严厉性介于死刑立即执行与一般死缓之间的死缓执行方式。依据修订前《刑法》规定应判处死刑立即执行还是应判处死缓来判断终身监禁新规是否具有溯及力较为科学。现阶段被判处终身监禁的死缓犯不能适用关于重大立功的规定,未来立法修改时,基于促进犯罪分子的教育改造和发挥终身监禁的制度优势之考量,可考虑对其增补适用重大立功的规定。对相关制度的改革应综合考虑死刑改革的大局,审慎扩大死缓犯终身监禁制度的适用范围。

The system of life imprisonment for the crime of embezzlement and bribery in the Amendment to the Criminal Law （IX） has the dual functions of replacing the immediate execution of the death penalty and severe punishment of serious corruption. It is the implementation way of the death sentence suspended, the severity is between the immediate execution of the death penalty and the general implementation of the death sen- tence suspended. We should base on whether the case should be imposed on the immediate execution of the death penalty and the general implementation of the death sentence suspended, to determine whether the life- imprisonment provision is retroactive. At the current situation, life imprisonment can not be applied to the major meritorious service provisions, if the future 1 meritorious service provisions. Furthermore, we egislative changes, we may consider the application of major should comprehensively consider the overall situation of the death penalty reform and prudently expand the scope of application of the system of life imprisonment.