《刑法》第12条规定了刑法适用中的“从旧兼从轻”原则,该条款所体现出来的“有利于嫌疑人”的精神为有限度地“有利于嫌疑人”。从旧兼从轻原则是对每一个具体法条的选择,在对某个行为进行刑法评价是一个完整的法律选择的过程。在选择的过程中,应当完整地适用该条文,而不能将不同效力阶段的法条的要素进行糅合,进行选择性地适用。 Article 12 of the Criminal Law stipulates the principle of “from the old to the light” in the application of the criminal law, and the spirit of “favoring the suspects” embodied in the article is “limited to the suspect ”. The principle of oldness and leniency is the choice of every specific law, and the criminal law evaluation of a certain act is a complete choice of law. In the process of selection, the provision should be applied completely, and the elements of the articles in different stages of effectiveness can not be combined and selectively applied.