作者：王志祥
作者介绍：北京师范大学刑事法律科学研究院教授,博士生导师
出版日期：2015年2月9日
内容提要 死刑替代措施是指在废除最严重犯罪的死刑后所采取的替代死刑的处罚方法。目前,我国学者大多以完善我国的刑罚结构、削弱民意对于死刑废除的反对情绪、借鉴其他国家废除死刑的立法经验为依据,构建相应的死刑替代措施理论。但实际上,我国现行刑罚结构在立法上并不存在"生刑过轻"的问题,因此,死刑替代措施在我国刑事立法中并无存在的根基;死刑替代措施也非削减公众反对死刑废除情绪的最佳方法;国外的立法经验并不能成为我国刑法必须设立死刑替代措施的根据。
关键词 死刑替代措施 死刑废除 刑罚结构
Abstract: Alternative measures to death penalty refer to the punishment methods adopted to replace death penalty after the abolition of death penalty stipulated for the most serious crimes. At present, Chinese scholars are inclined to build the corresponding theories concerning alternative measures to death penalty on the bases of perfecting penalty structure of our country,weakening the antagonistic sentiments over the abolition of death penalty existing in the public opinion,and using the experiences of other countries for reference. However,in fact,as far as the current penalty structure of our country is concerned,the so-called problem of excessively light non-death penalty does not exist in the level of criminal legislation,the foundation of existence for the alternative measures to death penalty is void in the criminal legislation,the alternative measures to death penalty are not the best methods to weaken the antagonistic sentiments over the abolition of death penalty existing in the public opinion,and the foreign legislative experiences should not be regarded as the solid bases for establishing alternative measures in the criminal legislation of our country.