再论存疑有利于被告原则的适用界限

Applying Limit of the Principle"The Accused Presumed Innocent until Proven Guilty"

存疑有利于被告原则是刑事诉讼中选择和认定案件事实的一项司法原则,它兼具程序法与实体法双重属性,是对罪责刑相适应原则的派生和补足。将存疑有利于被告原则适用于刑法解释不符合刑法上疑问的特点,难以实现刑法的目的和任务,同时也剥夺了法官的自由裁量权,部分学者将其作为刑法解释原则是对这一原则的误解。

'The accused presumed innocent until proven guilty'is a judicial principle of determining facts in criminal litigation,it both has substantive and procedural sense,and is a derivative and supplementary principle to the principal of suiting punishment to crime.It is not suitable for applying this principle to the interpretation of criminal law because it does not fit the characteristics of doubts in criminal law,can not realize the purpose of criminal law,and will deprive judges of judicial discretion.It is a misunderstanding for some scholars to consider'the accused presumed innocent until proven guilty'as a principle of the interpretation of criminal law.