刑事证人出庭作证的制度研究与司法现状  

Research on the System and Judicial Status of Criminal Witness Testimony

作　　者：严冰青 Bingqing Yan(Wang Jian Law School,Soochow University,Suzhou Jiangsu)

机构地区：[1]苏州大学王健法学院,江苏苏州

出　　处：《法学（汉斯）》2024年第6期3920-3931,共12页Open Journal of Legal Science

摘　　要：本文针对我国刑事证人出庭作证制度存在的问题,通过分析现行制度的不足,提出了一系列改进措施。研究首先梳理了我国刑事证人出庭作证的立法现状,包括强制证人出庭作证制度、证人免证权制度、证人保护制度和经济补偿制度。随后,本文分析了证人出庭作证制度实施中的现状和原因,包括证人心理障碍、司法工作人员的积极性不足、证人保护制度的缺陷、强制证人出庭作证制度的不具体以及经济补偿制度的漏洞。在此基础上,本文提出了完善措施,包括加强普法教育、提高司法工作人员的积极性、扩大证人保护范围、明确法官自由裁量权的范围、完善强制证人出庭作证程序、明确经济补偿标准、扩大经济补偿范围和确立证人申请经济补偿的程序。最后,本文对扩大免证权制度的范围提出了建议。通过对现行制度的剖析,对我国刑事证人出庭的相关问题进行初步的探讨,本文旨在提高刑事证人出庭作证率,促进司法公正,以期待为我国刑事证人出庭制度的进一步完善、为我国的刑事诉讼学科发展提供有益的参考。This paper addresses the problems of China’s criminal witness testimony system and proposes a series of improvement measures by analyzing the shortcomings of the current system.The study first combs through the current legislative status of criminal witness testimony in China,including the system of compulsory witness testimony in court,the system of the right of witnesses to be exempted from testimony,the system of witness protection,and the system of financial compen-sation.Subsequently,this paper analyses the current situation and reasons for the implementa-tion of the criminal witness testimony system,including psychological barriers of witnesses,in-sufficient motivation of judicial staff,deficiencies in the witness protection system,non-specificity of the compulsory criminal witness testimony system and loopholes in the financial compensation system.On this basis,this paper proposes improvement measures,including strengthening legal education,improving the motivation of judicial staff,expanding the scope of witness protection,clarifying the scope of the judge’s discretion,improving the procedure for compelling witnesses to testify in court,clarifying the standard of financial compensation,expanding the scope of financial compensation and establishing the procedure for witnesses to apply for financial compensation.Finally,the paper makes suggestions for expanding the scope of the right to be excused from the testifying system.By analysing the current system and conducting preliminary discussions on the issues related to the criminal witness testimony system in China,this paper aims to improve the rate of criminal witness to testify and to promote judicial justice,in the expectation of providing useful references for the further improvement of the system of criminal witness testimony in Chi-na and for the development of the discipline of criminal procedure in China.

关 键 词：刑事证人出庭作证制度 制度研究 司法现状 建议 

分 类 号：D92[政治法律—法学]