摘要
被追诉人面对讯问时可能会保持沉默是客观存在的事实。我国理论界普遍存在着过于简单化地理解不被强迫自证其罪的基本理论而一概否定被追诉人沉默证据能力的观点。被追诉人沉默与案件事实存在关联性,认为存在排除被追诉人沉默证据能力的正当理由之观点值得商榷。西方法治国家对被追诉人沉默的证据能力并非一概持否定态度,而是在一定的程度上认可其证据能力。对被追诉人沉默的证据能力之规定,各国虽然存在着差异,但也有相通之处。在《刑事诉讼法》已经确立不被强迫自证其罪的背景下,我国有必要建立被追诉人沉默的证据能力规则,明确被追诉人沉默可以有条件地作为定罪的间接证据和证明其主观态度的量刑证据使用。
It is an objective fact that when being interrogated, the accused may choose to keep silent. There is a universal phenomenon among the theorists in China that the admissibility of the criminal defendant＇ s silence is totally denied because of the simplistic understanding of the theory of privilege against self-incrimi- nation. Since the criminal defendant＇ s silence is associated with the facts of the case, the point that there is justified reason to exclude the admissibility of the criminal defendant＇ s silence is worth rethinking. Far from the domestic mainstream view, western countries recognize the admissibility of the criminal defendant＇ s silence to a larger extent instead of totally denying it. Although there exist big differences of the regulations about it a- mong them, there are still obvious similarities. Under the background that privilege against self-incrimination has been recognized by the Criminal Procedure Law in China, it is necessary to establish the rules of admissi- bility of the criminal defendant＇ s silence, under which the criminal defendant＇ s silence can be used as circum- stantial evidence to convict the accused and prove his subjective attitude under certain circumstances.
出处
《现代法学》
CSSCI
北大核心
2014年第6期127-140,共14页
Modern Law Science
基金
国家2011计划司法文明协同创新中心和司法部2013年国家法治与法学理论研究项目(13SFB3021)
关键词
被追诉人
沉默
证据能力
the accused
silence
admissibility
