Public prosecutors in the Chinese criminal trial – courtroom discourse from the prosecution perspective

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Fu
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Case File ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
The Public ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Criminal Justice Systems ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Potential Impact

AbstractThe prosecutor is an influential party in criminal justice systems, and this is true also of China. But most literature on China concentrates on the trial and criminal defence with comparatively little attention paid to the prosecution perspective. In this article, I make use of research data collected through courtroom observations, case file analysis and interviews when the Criminal Procedural Law of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter the “CPL 1996”) was still effective. Given that the CPL 1996 was revised in 2012, I updated the research data in early 2016. This paper focuses on the public prosecutors’ performance in the courtroom at the various stages of the process such as the courtroom investigation – production, examination and cross-examination of prosecution evidence, and courtroom debate; it analyzes both prosecution language and skills, and the court’s judgment. The paper also discusses the potential impact of the CPL 2012 on criminal prosecutions. The research findings show that prosecutors performed their responsibilities in the criminal proceedings whatever methods of questioning the defendant and evidence production are used; prosecutors tried their best to achieve the goal of conviction even with weak cases; and the decisions of the court mostly reflected the decisions of the procuratorate.

Victim Participation in Proceedings and Sentencing in Europe

1994 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 57-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matti Joutsen
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Public Prosecutor ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
The Public ◽  
Criminal Justice Systems ◽  
Victim Participation ◽  
Justice Systems

The article reviews the different ways in which victims can influence the course and outcome of criminal proceedings in different European criminal justice systems. The range is from some jurisdictions (such as Greece, the Netherlands and Portugal) where the victim can appear only in the capacity as witness, to others (such as Finland) where there is a general right to prosecute. Even in the systems providing victims with the greatest opportunity for participation, the victim in practice generally leaves prosecution to the public prosecutor. The article concludes by arguing that no one system is ideal from the point of view of the victim.

scholarly journals Formalism versus pragmatism – A comparative legal and empirical analysis of the German and Dutch criminal justice systems with regard to effectiveness and efficiency

2021 ◽  
pp. 1023263X2110059
Author(s):  
Robin Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Legal History ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Criminal Justice Systems ◽  
Effectiveness And Efficiency ◽  
Justice Systems

The German and the Dutch criminal justice systems not only share a common legal history but also follow the inquisitorial tradition with the prosecution playing a strong role. Despite these commonalities, there are a number of remarkable differences between the two jurisdictions, particularly with a view to procedural law and legal practices. While the German criminal law is known for being formal and rather doctrinal, the Dutch system is strongly driven by pragmatism and efficiency. This efficiency has become an important factor for the progressing Europeanization of criminal law and increasingly influences German criminal procedural law. This article compares selected aspects of the Dutch and German criminal justice systems. While previous legal comparative studies of the two neighbouring countries have focused on substantive criminal law, this paper will mainly deal with procedural criminal law and prosecutorial practices. The emphasis will be on criminal justice effectiveness and efficiency. Some of the questions addressed are: what constitutes an efficient criminal justice system? How is efficiency defined and implemented in legal practice? A variety of indicators for criminal justice efficiency are proposed and applied to criminal proceedings, prosecutorial practices and the sentencing systems in both countries.

scholarly journals Converging Criminal Justice Systems: Guilty Pleas and the Public Interest

1997 ◽  
Vol 31 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 169-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham S. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Prosecutorial Discretion ◽  
The Public ◽  
Formal Systems ◽  
Criminal Justice Systems ◽  
Justice Systems

It is becoming increasingly apparent to criminal justice scholars that single theory models of criminal procedure — whether termed inquisitorial or adversarial — are being stretched beyond their capacity by the phenomena they are designed to control. Virtually everywhere, formal systems of charge and adjudication cannot possibly be enforced in accordance with the premises underlying them. There are simply too many offenses, too many offenders and too few resources to deal with them all. One result has been a steady movement towards a convergence of legal systems — towards borrowing from others those institutions and practices that offer some hope of relief.In this transnational effort to cope with system overload, two issues have emerged as more than ordinarily significant: The first is the desirability of abandoning the principle of obligatory prosecution, so common in Continental Europe, and turning instead to the exercise of prosecutorial discretion. The second is the question whether the ban on guilty pleas and plea bargains should be lifted, as in adversarial systems.

scholarly journals Execution of a Sentence – an Independent Stage of Criminal Proceedings

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 560-565
Author(s):  
Vyacheslav B. Shabanov ◽  
Lyudmila Yu. Budanova ◽  
Vladimir. P. Kramarenko
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Key Words ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Legal Issues ◽  
Criminal Investigation ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Essential Nature ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Characteristic Features

The article investigates how the notion “execution of a sentence” was formed and analyzes the content of the stage of execution of a sentence as an independent part of criminal procedure, examines legal issues of criminal proceedings within the stage of execution of a sentence, and puts forward some ways to improve it. The fact that court activities aimed at considering and resolving issues related to the execution of a sentence are defined as part of criminal procedure rather than as an independent stage is a subject for debate, because this activity may or may not take place. But we agree with those scholars who believe that the stage such as the presentation of a sentence for execution always emerges during sentencing, and the analogy with the stage of launching criminal investigation allows us to conclude that, that further criminal proceedings may occur several times or may not occur at all and thus form an independent stage of criminal procedure. We studied the opinions and statements of practitioners and scholars in the field of criminal procedure concerning the role and importance of criminal proceedings aimed at the execution of a sentence as an independent stage of criminal procedure, institution of criminal procedural law, a separate phase of criminal procedure and the theoretical arguments as to the essential nature and meaning of the execution of a sentence in criminal procedure. We conclude that criminal proceedings aimed at presenting the sentence for execution, consideration and resolution by the court of the issues related to its execution form the content of an independent stage of criminal procedure, which has all the necessary and characteristic features. Key words: execution of a sentence; stage of criminal procedure; subjects of execution of a sentence; criminal justice; criminal proceedings.

scholarly journals Criminal Proceedings: At the Intersection of Law and Economics

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 114-124
Author(s):  
S. O. Makhtyuk
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Distinctive Feature ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Law And Economics ◽  
Economic Regulation ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Modern Level

The paper demonstrates the connection between law and economics. The criminal procedure is considered from new positions of economic regulation. The main narrative of the work is the possibility and necessity of perceiving criminal proceedings as a system that exists not only according to the laws of jurisprudence. The importance of the synthesis of criminal procedural law and economics is dictated by the modern level of development of scientific knowledge, technologies and ideas. The traditional division of sciences is gradually giving way to complex, interdisciplinary research. The activity of subjects of criminal proceedings is no exception. The existing reality dictates: the investigation of criminal cases is a criminal procedural services provided by the investigation, prosecutor’s office and court on behalf of the state. Interaction with the consumers of these services in the person of citizens and the organization, the order and mechanism of cooperation of the competent authorities themselves with each other — this understanding makes the use of economic laws justified for the most effective criminal proceedings. The presented study makes it possible to re-evaluate the qualitative volume of criminal proceedings and offers a topical discourse on the role of seemingly completely different sciences in solving the problems of criminal justice. A distinctive feature of the work is the use of modern opinions, sources and materials in the preparation of the theses outlined in it.

scholarly journals Victims and international criminal justice: a vexed question?

2008 ◽  
Vol 90 (870) ◽  
pp. 441-459 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Rauschenbach ◽  
Damien Scalia
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
International Criminal ◽  
International Criminal Justice ◽  
International Level ◽  
International Regime ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Justice Systems ◽  
Justice Systems ◽  
Vexed Question

AbstractDespite the growing attention being paid to “victims” in the framework of criminal proceedings, this attention does not seem to be meeting their needs under either national criminal justice systems or the international regime. In the latter, the difficulties encountered by the victims are aggravated by factors specifically arising from the prosecution and punishment of mass crimes at international level. This has prompted the authors to point out that the prime purpose of criminal law is to convict or acquit the accused, and to suggest that the task of attending to the victims should perhaps be left to other entities.

STATE ACCUSER’S WAIVER OF PROSECUTION

2021 ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
V. V. Stelmakh ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Social Orientation ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
The Public ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Prior Consent ◽  
Civil Proceedings ◽  
Legal Nature ◽  
The Russian Federation

The current Russian criminal procedural law provides the possibility of the state accuser’s waiver to handle the prosecution, which entails a mandatory cessation of criminal proceedings. However, some procedural aspects of the refusal to hold the charge are not fully regulated, which causes difficulties in law enforcement practice. The paper briefly analyses the legality of introducing compromise principles into criminal proceedings since the refusal to prosecute is often interpreted as a particular case of compromise. The author argues that concord is suitable for activity based on dispositivity and particular principles (civil proceedings), though cannot be a driving force of criminal proceedings of the public legal nature aimed at achieving the truth about the circumstances of a crime committed. The paper considers the possibility, within the framework of the current legislation, to prevent an unreasonable decision of the refusal to hold the charge. The author analyzes the ability of a victim to refer to the superior public procurator as well as to implement the criminal prosecution independently. The paper states that the current law in terms of the regulation of waiver of prosecution does not fully correspond to the purpose and social orientation of criminal proceedings. In this regard, the author analyzes the by-laws of the General Procurator of the Russian Federation arranging this procedure and providing for the necessity for prior consent of a procurator who approved the indictment. The paper concludes that the law needs to be adjusted to optimize the regulation of the waiver of prosecution and formulates concrete proposals.

Sentence Indications for Indictable Offences: Increasing Court Efficiency at the Expense of Justice? A Response to the Victorian Legislation

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 244-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asher Flynn
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
Advisory Council ◽  
Limited Capacity ◽  
Criminal Trials ◽  
Supreme Courts ◽  
The Public ◽  
Criminal Justice Systems ◽  
Potential Benefits

In September 2007, the Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council released a report (2007c) recommending the introduction of sentence indications for indictable offences in Victoria's intermediate court. In response, on July 1, 2008, a legislated sentence indication process was implemented into Victoria's intermediate and Supreme Courts in s 23A of the Crimes (Criminal Trials) Act 1999 (Vic). This process is now governed by s 208-s 209 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic). Drawing upon national and international commentary and experiences with sentence indications, this article examines the potential benefits and disadvantages of the Victorian legislation, including its limited capacity to attract early guilty pleas and its potentially negative impact on victims and defendants. This article contends that the desire for court efficiency has led to the implementation of reforms across criminal justice systems that, while seeking to apply the benefits of reduced delays and early guilty pleas, ultimately prioritise efficiency gains above the interests of the public, victims and defendants. The Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council's proposal (2007c) and the subsequent provisions introducing an indictable indication scheme in s 208-s 209 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (Vic), are used to inform this argument.

Using Early Release to Relieve Prison Crowding: A Dilemma in Public Policy

1986 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 404-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Austin
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Prison Population ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Economic Losses ◽  
Substantial Portion ◽  
Early Release ◽  
The Public ◽  
Correctional Policy ◽  
Criminal Justice Systems

Between 1980 and 1983, the Illinois Department of Corrections made an early release of over 21,000 inmates in response to a prison crowding crisis. During this period, over 5,900 prison years were averted and the projected prison population was reduced by approximately 10%. NCCD's study evaluated the various effects of this far-reaching program on prisoners, prison crowding, local criminal justice systems, and the public. In terms of public safety, early release did not increase the probability that an inmate would commit additional crimes once released. Also, early release substantially accelerated the amount of crime suffered by the public, but contributed to less than 1% of all crimes reported in Illinois. The state crime rate actually declined while early release was operating. Considerable prison costs were averted by the program, although a substantial portion of these savings were eliminated after the volume and amount of economic losses experienced by the victims of early release crimes were accounted for. However, overall early release proved to be cost-effective. The study provided no firm answers to the question of whether early release is good or bad correctional policy. For Illinois state officials, it successfully served to temporarily restrain population growth until more permanent solutions to prison crowding could be enacted. However, early release increased the amount of crime suffered by the public and further discredited an already troubled criminal justice system. If nothing more, this research provides policymakers with a greater understanding of the potential consequences associated with early release as well as the limits of incapacitation (both positive and negative) as an effective strategy for controlling crime in our society.

scholarly journals Pelaksanaan Proses Peradilan Dan Pemenuhan Hak Dalam Perlindungan Hukum Bagi Anak ( Menurut UU No. 11 Tahun 2012 )

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-40
Author(s):  
Muhammad Surya Adi Wibowo
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Public Prosecutor ◽  
Judicial Process ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
The Public ◽  
Knowledge Of God ◽  
Criminal Justice Systems ◽  
Legal Adviser ◽  
Law Enforcement Officials ◽  
Judicial Proceedings

  The purpose of this study is to find how the judicial proceedings for violations of the proven to have committed a criminal justice and criminal justice be face to face with the process , and what of sanctions and the protection laws will be provided to hak-hak children according to statute number 11 years 2012 about the criminal justice systems . By using the method of juridical normative , hence writers can conclude: 1 .The judicial process given to children is: trial should be done behind closed doors and decisions are openly to the public , investigators , the public prosecutor , the judge and legal adviser in conducting its function as law enforcement officials by not using dress uniform or bertoga; single presided over by a magistrate a trial, The judge spirit keeps the matter hidden blast of judgment and by the son was of a judge that are specially emphasised in the program of a justice of the woman who man having knowledge of god on the issue on psychiatric; the implementation of the son of due to go on trial the match will be held on the day there is a special levy; in the process of the trial the children must be accompanied by central on the part of parents .Was not allowed to be was covered by the reporters before those who surrender decisions which are carried out by the prosecutor and judges , have to being read the report a social worker who had been given authority and a court of law to scrutinize the conduct and the condition of residents such a child . 2. Protection laws against children s rights had received the very criminal according to a system and criminal justice , as for him who is the son of in the hour of the detention and placed in an institution the deployment of the son of while ( LPKS ) and institutions for the special building the son of ( LPKA ) , the kid for cancer and asked to undergo an incident in which she prior to taking over leadership of nought of the fulfilment of rudimentary living in the treatment of health and human services by the officers , have been able to take education and training as well as coaching and provide assistance , and in conjunction with adequate in accordance with the regulations statute .

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