关于中国死刑制度的反思

根据"保留死刑,但是严格限制死刑"的政策,严格限制死刑是有中国特色的废除死刑之路。中国的死刑制度应当以正义性报应为基础的理论作为合理性根据,以故意杀人罪为规定死刑的基本标准。定期公布死刑案件的数字和情况,对于促进中国社会综合治理的落实和法制的进步有积极意义。废除死刑以保护行为人的人权的说法,不符合人们的一般认识和公认的专业理论,也不符合一般的国际标准。严格规定死刑的适用条件和保障被判处死刑的行为人的诉讼权利,符合中国"保留死刑,但是严格限制死刑"政策和国际保护人权一般标准的要求。

Rethinking of the Death Penalty System in China

This Article is trying to prove that to strictly restrict death penalty towards a non-execution level shall be the realistic way of abolishing death penalty in China,and points out that the death penalty in current stage shall take the justice retribution as its legitimate basis and the intentional killing as its principal target. This position shall conform to the current concepts of life and human right in the Chinese society, and not be against the general international standards of remaining death penalty. The argument that abolishing the death penalty is the only way to protect human right, this Article insists, shall not conform to the common sense and the acknowledged professional theories, nor in line with the general accepted international standard as well. However, to restrict even more strictly the death penalty and to protect the to-be-executed person's procedural rights are the requirements of not only the Chinese policy but also the international standard of protecting human rights.