罚金刑的发展趋势与地位

The Development Trend and Position of Penalty

罚金刑是法院依法判处犯罪人向国家缴纳一定数额金钱的刑罚方法。罚金刑作为一种相对较轻的刑罚方法,其适用范围的扩大,是整个刑罚轻缓化的必然结果。无论是从我国社会经济的发展,惩治新型犯罪出发,还是从立法、司法等角度来看,都应将罚金刑上升至主刑地位。

Fine penalty is sentenced by the court which compels the criminal to pay a certain amount of money to the state. As a relatively light way of penalty, the extending of the application of fine penalty is the inevitable result of the application of economy and the punishing of new type of crime or from the legislative and judicial point of view, we all deem that fine penalty should be used as principal penalty.