确立非法证据排除制度,保障犯罪嫌疑人合法权利。2012年修改的刑事诉讼法明确规定尊重和保障人权,并通过完善证据制度、强制措施、辩护制度、侦查措施、审判程序、执行程序及增加规定特别程序予以落实。刑事诉讼法明确规定办案机关实施拘留、逮捕后,应当将被拘留人、被逮捕人立即送看守所羁押,并确立讯问犯罪嫌疑人、被告人全程录音录像制度。2014年,公安部发布文件,对需要进行讯问录音录像的案件范围、录制要求等进一步作出明确规定。公安机关办案区讯问室和看守所讯问室普遍安装录音录像设施,开展讯问犯罪嫌疑人录音录像工作,有效预防刑讯逼供、违法取证等执法不规范问题。最高人民检察院发布《人民检察院讯问职务犯罪嫌疑人实行全程同步录音录像的规定》,进一步规范侦查讯问活动,强化对犯罪嫌疑人合法权利的保障。刑事诉讼法明确规定了非法证据的范围及排除非法证据的具体程序。司法机关在侦查、审查起诉和审判阶段发现有应当排除的非法证据的,都应当予以排除。2015年,各级检察机关对侦查机关不应当立案而立案的,督促撤案10384件;监督纠正滥用强制措施、违法取证等侦查活动违法情形31874件次。2014年,河北省顺平县检察院在审查办理王某某涉嫌故意杀人案时,针对多处疑点,坚决排除非法证据,作出不批捕决定,提出补充侦查意见,公安机关最终抓获真凶。
贯彻疑罪从无原则,积极防范和纠正冤假错案。2013年,公安部发布《关于进一步加强和改进刑事执法办案工作,切实防止发生冤假错案的通知》等文件,深化错案预防机制制度建设,加强对执法办案全方位、全过程、即时性监督,从源头上防止冤假错案的发生。司法部制定《关于进一步发挥司法鉴定制度作用防止冤假错案的意见》,全面加强司法鉴定管理,进一步规范司法鉴定活动。最高人民检察院发布《关于切实履行检察职能,防止和纠正冤假错案的若干意见》,严把事实关、程序关和法律适用关,健全检察环节错案发现、纠正、防范和责任追究机制。2015年,各级检察机关对不构成犯罪或证据不足的,决定不批捕131675人、不起诉25778人;对认为确有错误的刑事裁判提出抗诉6591件。最高人民法院发布《关于建立健全防范刑事冤假错案工作机制的意见》,规定对定罪证据不足的案件应当依法宣告被告人无罪,确保无罪的人不受刑事追究。2012年至2015年,各级法院依法宣告3369名被告人无罪。张辉、张高平案,念斌案,呼格吉勒图案,徐辉案,黄家光案,王本余案,于英生案,陈满案,钱仁风案,徐金龙案,杨明案等一批冤假错案得到依法纠正。
Put in place a system to exclude unlawful evidence and protect the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects. The Criminal Procedure Law revised in 2012 has specific provisions on respecting and protecting human rights, and their implementation has been guaranteed through improving the evidence system, compulsory measures, defense system, investigation methods, trial procedure, and enforcement procedures, and by adding special procedures. The Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that after detaining and arresting suspects, the law enforcement agencies should immediately commit detainees and arrestees to custody in detention houses and ensure the interrogations of suspects and defendants are audio- and video-recorded. In 2014, the Ministry of Public Security issued more explicit regulations concerning the scope of and interrogation recording requirements for cases subject to audio and video recording. The interrogation rooms of public security organs and detention houses are all equipped with audio and video recording facilities to prevent misconduct in law enforcement such as extorting confessions by torture and obtaining evidence through illegal means. The Supreme People's Procuratorate issued the Provisions on Making Synchronous Audio and Video Recordings Throughout the Entire Process of Interrogation of Suspects in Work-Related Offences by People's Procuratorates to further regulate investigation and interrogation activities and strengthen protection of the legitimate rights and interests of criminal suspects. The Criminal Procedure Law outlines the scope of unlawfully-obtained evidence and procedures for excluding such evidence. The judicial organs should exclude such unlawful evidence if they find any during the criminal investigation, examination and prosecution, or trial of a case. In 2015, the procuratorial organs at all levels demanded the withdrawal of 10,384 cases wrongly filed by investigation organs, and regulated 31,874 cases of illegal conduct involving abuse of compulsory measures and unlawfully obtaining evidence. In 2014, the procuratorate of Shunping County, Hebei Province resolutely excluded illegally-obtained evidence in reviewing a murder case and decided not to approve arrest, and demanded provision of more evidence. The real murderer was later caught by a public security organ.
Implement the principle of presumption of innocence to prevent and correct miscarriages of justice. In 2013, the Ministry of Public Security issued the Notice on Further Strengthening and Improving Law Enforcement to Prevent Miscarriages of Justice and some other documents to prevent cases of misjudgment and to strengthen comprehensive, complete and real-time scrutiny of law enforcement to prevent miscarriages of justice at source. The Ministry of Justice issued the Opinions on Maximizing the Functions of the Forensic Assessment System to Prevent Miscarriages of Justice to strengthen forensic assessment management and further regulate such activities. The Supreme People's Procuratorate released Several Opinions on Effectively Performing Procuratorial Functions to Prevent and Correct Miscarriages of Justice, scrutinizing all activities concerning evidence, procedures and application of laws and to improve the system of discovery, correction, and prevention of cases of misjudgment, and to hold to account those responsible. In 2015, the procuratorial organs at all levels decided not to arrest 131,675 people and not to prosecute 25,778 in cases involving lack of evidence or actions that do not constitute a crime. In addition, they appealed against 6,591 judgments of criminal cases that they deemed wrong judgments. The Supreme People's Court issued the Opinions on Establishing and Improving the Working Mechanisms for the Prevention of Miscarriages of Justice in Criminal Cases, stipulating that the defendants should be acquitted for lack of evidence and no one should be prosecuted without criminal evidence. From 2012 to 2015, people's courts at all levels acquitted 3,369 defendants. A number of wrongful convictions were overturned in accordance with the law. These included the following cases:
. rape and murder by Zhang Hui and Zhang Gaoping, nephew and uncle
. poisoning by Nian Bin
. rape and murder by Hugjiltu
. rape and murder by Xu Hui
. murder by Huang Jiaguang
. rape and murder by Wang Benyu
. murder by Yu Yingsheng
. murder and arson by Chen Man
. poisoning by Qian Renfeng
. murder by Xu Jinlong
. murder by Yang Ming