论我国刑事法中"坦白从宽"政策的制度完善

正确认识“坦白从宽,抗拒从严”这项刑事政策的准确内涵是制度完善的基础．明确该项刑事政策的合理性和实用性,准确把握“坦白从宽”与“沉默权”的对立统一关系是制度完善的关键。司法实践中该项刑事政策运用中出现的不能实际兑现,严重影响了该项政策的实用性和有效性。在刑事诉讼的各个程序中对犯罪嫌疑人的坦白,从总体效力上都应从宽处理。在刑法中应明确规定坦白为法定从轻处罚情节。

On Institutional Improvement of the Policy of Telling the Truth and Receiving a Lighter Sentence in China's Criminal Law

To understand correctly the nature of "confession is to be given a lighter punishment and resistance is to be given a heavier punishment" which is one of the criminal policies of our nation is the base of perfecting criminal system. To explicit the reasonability and practicality of this criminal policy and grasp accurately the relationship between the confession and silent right is the key of perfecting criminal system. That the policy can not come true in its application seriously affects its actual effect and validity. That the criminal suspect who has confessed should be given a lighter punishment as a whole should be penetrated in every criminal procedure. It should be clearly ruled in criminal entity law that confession is legal lighter punishment.