女性犯罪慎用死刑的合理性追问

A Rational Inquiry into the Using Death Penalty Cautiously in Female Crimes

为贯彻当前限制死刑、减少死刑的刑事政策,《刑法修正案(八)》与《刑法修正案(九)》开启了我国立法上限制死刑、减少死刑的征途,并拓宽了特殊群体免除死刑的范围。未来对女性犯罪慎用或免除死刑的立法设想应提上日程,从我国法律历来不乏对女性犯罪慎用死刑的立法传统,女性犯罪人特殊的生理、心理特征,刑法的人道主义精神以及刑罚目的等维度分析,对女性犯罪慎用死刑具有正当合理性。

In order to carry out the policy of limitation and reduction of death penalty,Criminal Law Amendment（eight）and Criminal Law Amendment（nine）implemented the journey of limitation and reduction of death penalty in legislation and broaden the scope of death penalty from special groups.However,the using of death penalty in female crimes cautiously should be put on the agenda and has full justification from the dimensional analysis of China＇s legal culture which has always been the traditional leniency in female crimes,special physiological and psychological characteristics of female crimes,the humanitarian spirit of Criminal Law and the purpose of punishment.