刑事诉讼中检察长列席审委会制度的反思与改进——从履行法律监督权再出发

Reflection and improvement of the system of chief procurator's participation in the trial committee in criminal proceedings——Restarting from fulfilling the power of legal supervision

检察长列席审委会制度是我国特有的一项诉讼制度。其产生于1954年,至今已历经60余年。该制度是检察院行使法律监督权的重要形式,在保障审委会会议案件讨论程序合法、提高诉讼效率等方面发挥着重要作用。但是,由于检察机关在承担法律监督职能的同时承担着公诉职能,决定了在列席审委会时,检察机关无法完全脱离控方立场,由此造就了这一制度的固有缺陷;加之我国现行法律对检察长列席审委会的制度规范不够完善,导致该制度在实践中遇到了诸多问题。对此有必要正本清源,使检察长列席审委会的职能回归履行法律监督权,推动该制度更好地发挥应有的作用。

The chief procurator’s participation in the trial committee is a unique litigation system in China.It was produced in 1954 and has been in existence for more than 60 years.This system is an important form for the procuratorate to exercise the power of legal supervision.It plays an important role in safeguarding the legality of the proceedings of the trial committee meetings and improving the efficiency of litigation.However,since the procuratorate assumes the function of public prosecution while undertaking the legal supervision function,it almost determines that when the jury is present,the procuratorate cannot completely abandon the prosecution’s position,thereby creating the inherent flaws of the system.The current law in China is not perfect for the system of the chief procurator’s participation in the trial committee,therefore,the system has encountered many problems in practice.In this regard,it is necessary to clean up the original source,so that the chief procurator’s functions in the trial committee can return to fulfill the power of legal supervision and promote its better play of its due role.