高空抛物危害公共安全的刑法规制

Criminal Law Regulation of High-Altitude Parabolic Harm to Public Security

《刑法修正案(十一)》将高空抛物单独定罪,使得以危险方法危害公共安全罪在高空抛物刑法规范体系中的定位发生转变。既往的司法实践中,按照以危险方法危害公共安全罪规制高空抛物行为存在误用情形,危及作为底线正义的罪刑法定原则。在立法和司法双重因素的推动下,高空抛物行为被认定为以危险方法危害公共安全罪应更加审慎,对公共安全的法益应作限缩解释,并藉此对可能危害公共安全的高空抛物行为类型进行限定,同时坚持具体危险的个案认定标准。

“The Criminal Law Amendment(XI)” convicts the crime of throwing objects at high altitude separately, which changes the position of the crime of endangering public security by dangerous means in the criminal law norm system of throwing objects at high altitude. In the past judicial practice, according to the crime of endangering public security by dangerous means, the regulation of high-altitude parabolic acts has been misused, endangering the principle of legality as the bottom-line justice. Driven by the dual factors of legislation and justice, it should be more prudent to identify the act of throwing objects at heights as a crime of endangering public security by dangerous means. The legal interests of public security should be interpreted in a limited way, and the types of acts of throwing objects at heights that may endanger public security should be limited. At the same time, the criteria for identifying specific dangerous cases should be adhered to.