CAJ | 학술논문

死刑制度的存废，必须呼应人民法感情，必且兼顾人权保障与人道关怀。就台湾而言，在立法上，限于重大侵害生命或国家社会安全法益的犯罪，才可保留死刑；同时也可参酌大陆的死缓制度，给死囚最后的观察机会，若其真诚悔改，经严谨公正的程序确认，可以改判无期徒刑或长期自由刑。法院必须坚守刑事诉讼法的无罪推定等相关原则，只有检察官求处死刑的案件，法院除非对于犯罪情节最重大之罪，手段凶残，显然无从教化矫正，否则不得科处死刑，且应修法要求法官评议一致，方可为死刑判决；此外，其他相关的配套，如矫正措施的改良、强化强制辩护制度等，亦不可忽略，以期死刑制度的改革能够真正成功。
사형제도적존폐，필수호응인민법감정，필차겸고인권보장여인도관부。취태만이언，재입법상，한우중대침해생명혹국가사회안전법익적범죄，재가보류사형；동시야가삼작대륙적사완제도，급사수최후적관찰궤회，약기진성회개，경엄근공정적정서학인，가이개판무기도형혹장기자유형。법원필수견수형사소송법적무죄추정등상관원칙，지유검찰관구처사형적안건，법원제비대우범죄정절최중대지죄，수단흉잔，현연무종교화교정，부칙불득과처사형，차응수법요구법관평의일치，방가위사형판결；차외，기타상관적배투，여교정조시적개량、강화강제변호제도등，역불가홀략，이기사형제도적개혁능구진정성공。
The store and abolition of death penalty should meet the people's feelings as well as protection of human rights and human sympathy .As for Taiwan ,the death penalty is restricted to major violation of life and national social security in legislation .In the meanw hile ,the reprieve death penalty in the mainland can be consulted and observation opportunity should be give to the convicts sentenced to death .If they regret sincerely ,they can be sentenced to life imprisonment or long‐term imprisonment after precise and fair proce‐dure confirmation .T he court should seriously observe rules in criminal law ,such as presumption of inno‐cence .The court has no right to sentence death penalty unless the prosecutor demands that and the crime is too serious ,brutal and unforgivable .Besides ,other supporting measures can not be neglected ,such as im‐provement of correction ,coercive defense system ,etc so that the reform of death penalty will succeed .