谈沉默权制度

Brief discussion of the system keeping silent

中国1996年修改后的刑事诉讼法中对加强被告人权利保障方面取得了重大进展,但司法实践中刑讯逼供的非正常现象仍然普遍存在。通过深入论述沉默权的涵义、沉默权存在的价值,沉默权在中国的法律依据三个方面,提出只有在刑事诉讼中明确规定犯罪嫌疑人、被告人的沉默权,才是杜绝刑讯逼供的根本保证;只有赋予犯罪嫌疑人、被告人的沉默权,才是当代司法文明和法制国家的一个重要标志。

There is a great improvement for the right of the defendants in criminal procodare law in China,which is revised in 1996,But there still exists a phenomena of extorting a confession by torture in judicial practice.By discussing the meaning and value of silence right,this paper suggests that we can't put an end to extorting a confession by torture unless we accept the silence right of the defendants in law.It is also an importand mark for a judical civilization and country.