我国惩治腐败犯罪刑罚力度的政策性反思

Policy Reflection on the Strength of Penalties for the Corruption Crimes in China

我国当前对腐败犯罪的惩治,不应提倡轻刑化的理念,而应确立“又严又厉”的刑事政策。但是,现行立法中对腐败犯罪的刑罚力度相对较弱,具体表现为缺乏资格刑的适用规定、预防性刑罚措施阙如、未实现罚金刑的全覆盖,以及由于部分腐败犯罪的刑罚设置失衡,导致罪刑难相适应。而且,司法实践中腐败犯罪的轻刑化问题仍然非常严重,具体表现为定罪量刑数额标准调整过高导致普遍处刑过轻,过多、过滥地适用缓刑和免予刑事处罚。因此,应通过立法对腐败犯罪刑罚力度过轻的问题进行纠正,并对司法中的轻刑化现象进行纠偏,遏制对腐败犯罪的刑罚“优待”,真正实现罪刑均衡的要求。

The current punishment for the corruption crimes in China should not advocate the concept of lighter penalties,but to establish a“strict and severe”criminal policy.However,the current legislation is relatively weak on the penalty for corruption crimes,which is specifically manifested in the lack of applicable provisions of qualification penalties,the absence of preventive penal measures,the failure to achieve full coverage of fines,and the imbalance of penalties for some corruption crimes,which makes it difficult to adapt the crime to the punishment.Moreover,the problem of lighter sentencing of corruption crimes in judicial practice is still very serious,which is manifested in the excessive adjustment of the amount standard of conviction and sentencing,leading to generally light sentences,excessive application of probation and exemption from criminal punishment.Therefore,legislation should be adopted to correct the problem of lenient penalties for corruption crimes,and to correct the phenomenon of lighter penalties in the judiciary,so as to curb the“preferential treatment”of corruption crimes,and truly achieve the requirement of balance of crimes and penalties.