A Study of the Legal Application of the Leniency System for Admitting Guilt and Accepting Punishment
Since the launch of the pilot reform of the leniency of guilty pleas,there has been a certain amount of controversy in the theoretical and practical circles as to whether or not the standard of proof in such cases should be lowered,particularly with re-gard to the relationship between the leniency system of admitting guilt and accepting punishment and the trial-centered system,the standard of proof in cases of admitting guilt and accepting punishment,the duty counsel and the recommendation of sentencing and other issues.In order to further standardize and implement the leniency system for confessing guilt and accepting punishment in a scientific manner,the current trial of the defendant's confession and punishment case,should adhere to the trial as the center,to strengthen the evidence from the confession or co-defendant statements to be cautious,the establishment of two modes:public de-fenders and government procurement of legal services,combined with the practical implementation of the classification of sentenc-ing recommendations accurate mode,in order to effectively promote the process of China's rule of law.
admitting guilt and accepting punishmenttrial-centeredstandard of proofduty counselsentencing recommenda-tions