证明还是反驳——对辩护人责任的本体论思考

To Prove or to Rebut

刑事辩护律师的责任应当是维护当事人的合法权益。在刑事辩护活动中 ,提出无罪或罪轻的证据不应当是辩护人的责任。辩护律师不负有证明其当事人无罪的举证责任 ,而应当主要以反驳方式 ,指出控方证据的瑕疵 ,推翻其指控的事实 。

The responsibility of criminal counsels should be to safeguard the legal rights of their clients. In criminal cases, presenting evidence of innocence or misdemeanor should not be the responsibility of the counsels. The counsels should, in a way of rebuttal, point out the flaws in the evidence presented by the accuser, overthrow the fact accused and thus invalidate the accusation.