论起诉裁量权的经济性价值

刑事诉讼对资源的耗用远大于多数其他形式的国家活动,政府通常只能为法律实施提供较低水平的预算,不断攀升的犯罪案件大大超过司法系统的承受力。起诉裁量权这一罪案过滤装置正是在资源供求矛盾的挤压下催生。国家应优化司法资源,将有限的司法资源放到追究重大案件上,对于轻罪案件,用尽可能少的司法资源去处理。

Economy of Prosecutorial Discretion

Criminal proceedings costs much more than other state actions, while government can only offer a low-level budget to the legal practice. The increasing criminal cases go beyond the capacity of judiciary. Prosecutorial discretion, as a filtrating device, appears under the circumstance of resource supply-and-demand inconsistency. Judicial resources should be optimized. The narrow judicial resources should be put into tracing major criminal cases. The resources should be minimized on peccadilloes.