“一般应当采纳”条款的立法失误及解释论应对

The Legislative Error of“Shall Generally adopt”Clauses and the Responses of Interpretive Theory

《刑事诉讼法》第201条的"一般应当采纳"条款,在立法论上存在明显失误,对控审分离这一刑事诉讼基本原则造成了相当程度的冲击。为化解立法带来的不利影响,应在解释论层面探索适用该条款的妥善方案。一方面,允许法官在提供特别论证的基础上,不采纳检察机关的量刑建议,并通过上诉审的事后审查机制敦促法官善尽论证义务。另一方面,当法院决定不采纳指控罪名与量刑建议做判决时,应充分保障被告人的程序选择权,并探索在审判阶段适用认罪认罚从宽制度的具体方式。

From a legislative perspective,the phrase,"shall generally adopt",in the article 201 of the Criminal Procedure Law is an obvious error,which has caused a considerable impact on the basic principle of the separation of prosecution and trials.In order to resolve the adverse effects of legislation,we should explore the proper mechanism to apply this clause at the level of interpretation theory.On the one hand,judges are allowed not to accept the sentencing recommendation from the procuratorate on the basis of providing special argumentation.Meanwhile,the post-examination mechanism of the appeal trial urges judges to fulfill their duty of argument.On the other hand,when the court decides not to accept the charges and sentencing recommendations to make its judgement,the right to procedural option of defendant shall be fully protected.We should also explore the specific way to apply the leniency system based on admission of guilt and acceptance of punishment.