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摘要:在刑事诉讼活动中,证人出庭作证是重要的法定程序。而在我国,证人往往不愿出庭作证成为我国各级法院开庭审理中普遍存在的现象。为此,笔者从立法、传统文化的影响、保障机制以及人们观念等角度进行原因分析并借鉴国外的经验,对完善我国刑事证人出庭作证制度提出了立法和司法上的建议。
关键词:证人;强制出庭;保护;补偿
Abstract:In criminal proceedings,witnesses are important legal procedures.But in our country,the witnesses are often reluctant to testify,which becomes common phenomenon at all levels courts of China.Therefore,the author made some analysis of the causes and learn from foreign experience to appear in court to testify the system from the angle of legislation,the impact of traditional culture,security mechanism and the concept of people,and put forward the legislative and judicial suggestions on the perfection of criminal witness.
Key words: witness;mandatory appearance in the court;protection; compensation
随着新刑诉法的修改,证人出庭作证制度较以往也有所变动。所谓证人出庭作证,是指了解案件事实情况的人收到人民法院出庭作证通知后,在指定的时间、地点出庭,经过一定的法律程序确认,就其自身对所知道的案件实际情况向法庭如实陈述,回答质询的一个“过程性行为”。我国三大诉讼法对证人出庭作证均作了不同程序的规定,然而,从我国颁布刑事诉讼法开始至今的司法实践中,特别是基层人民法院的一审普通刑事案件中,证人出庭作证可谓罕见。证人出庭作证率低必然妨碍了诉讼活动的正常进行,影响了案件的审理查明,不利于司法公正。为此,完善我国刑事证人出庭作证制度,确保刑事证人出庭作证是非常必要的。