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长久以来,关于死刑的存与废问题争议不断,从刑罚人道主义思想出发,在应然角度上,废除死刑是的必然。在今日中国,立法上死刑仍然存在,其废除在实然角度上是个漫长而且曲折的过程,《刑法修正案(八)》的公布,可以说是中国减少死刑的立法探索。较之前刑法的一大亮点就在于其对《刑法》第49条增加第2款“审判的时候已满75周岁的人,不适用死刑,但以特别残忍手段致人死亡的除外。”从我国古代慎刑思想在立法的历史沿革、西方国家死刑立法现状及国际公约的趋势、罪刑相适应原则等角度出发,审视“老年人原则上不适用死刑”这一问题,该款规定是一次立法上改革的积极进步和有益探索,有利于我国死刑制度更加适应人性化、科学化的趋势。
For a long time, there are still controversies on the issue of deposit and withdrawal of death penalty. Starting from the humanitarianism of penalty, it is inevitable to abolish the death penalty. In today’s China, the death penalty still exists in legislation, and its abolition is a long and tortuous process in reality. The publication of the amendment to the Criminal Law (8) can be said to be a legislative probe into reducing death penalty in China. One of the highlights of the previous criminal law is that it does not apply the death penalty to those who have reached the age of 75 at the time of the addition of paragraph 2 to Article 49 of the Penal Code, except where death is caused by any particular cruel means. “” From the point of view of the history of legislature, the status quo of the death penalty legislation in western countries, the trend of international conventions and the principle of appropriate punishment for crimes, this paper examines the issue that “the elderly do not apply the death penalty” in principle, which stipulates It is a positive progress and useful exploration in a legislative reform that is conducive to a more human-oriented and scientific trend in the death penalty system in our country.