刑事证人拒不出庭作证的原因与对策

On the Causes and Countermeasures of Refusing to Serve as a Criminal Witness at Court

目前我国司法实践中证人作证普遍采用书面证言,但书面证言缺乏真实性,可信度不大,为了查明案情,确保司法公正,证人必须出庭作证,而且控辩式庭审方式也要求证人必须出庭作证。我国证人出庭作证现状不容乐观,其原因是多方面的,有立法的缺陷和司法上的失范等原因。为了确保证人出庭作证,有必要采取一系列对策,既要克服立法上的不足,也要防止司法失范,还要把证人的责、权、利三者结合起来,以提高我国证人出庭作证的积极性和主动性。

At present,it makes some judges anxious to appear as a witness at court,what results in this situation is that the defects exists in legislation,administration of justice couldn't be regulated and some social elements influence the criminal witness to make his determination.In order to pledge the evidence to serve as a criminal witness at court,we should take a series of countermeasures to overcome mentioned above aspects and link up with the witness duty,right and advantage.