高空抛物罪规范分析及完善建议

Normative Analysis and Perfect Suggestions for the Crime of High-altitude Projectiles

为保护人民群众“头顶上的安全”,《刑法修正案(十一)》新增了“高空抛物罪”。但该罪名存在“高空”“物”等构成要件要素含义不明,入罪门槛“情节严重”尚未明确,以及因法定刑设置为“一年以下有期徒刑、拘役或管制”导致刑罚梯度性缺失等问题。从高空抛物罪的立法目的入手,结合实践为“高空”“物”设定标准或形式特征,进一步明确“情节严重”的认定标准,并主张将高空抛物罪的法定刑修改为“三年以下有期徒刑、拘役或管制”,使高空抛物行为刑罚阶梯更加完整。

In order to protect the people's"overhead safety",the Criminal Law Amendment(XI)added a new"crime of throwing objects from a height".However,the meaning of the constituent elements such as"high altitude"and"object"in the crime is unclear,the threshold for criminalization is not yet clearified,and the statutory punishment is set to"fixed-term imprisonment of less than one year,criminal detention or public surveillance",resulting in a lack of gradient in criminal punishment.Therefore,starting from the legislative purpose of the crime,it is necessary to set standards or formal characteristics for"high-altitude"and"objects"combined with practice,and further clarify the identified standard of"serious circumstances".Meanwhile,it is suggested that the statutory penalty for the crime of high-altitude projectile should be revised to"fixed-term imprisonment of less than three years,criminal detention or public surveillance",so as to make the punishment ladder for high-altitude projectile behavior more complete.