An Empirical Study On Witnesses' Appearing In Court And The Countermeasures

The new Criminal Procedure Law amended greatly in the evidence system, clearly defining on witness testimony, protection and compensation, which is a major reform of the modern criminal lawsuit system, and is the inevitable requirement of the development of modern criminal procedure. It has positive significance.However, due to the traditional trial model and the influence of other factors such as level of legal knowledge, the effect of this new evidence system in the judicial practice is not ideal. There is no big difference in the witness to appear in court, current situation of witness protection after the implementation of new Criminal Procedure Law. In this thesis, it carried out the statistical data of prosecution cases on the change of the witnesses to appear in court, witness protection situation in the region before and after the implementation of new Criminal Procedure Law. Based on the statistical data and working experience, this thesis aims to make a deep analysis to the witnesses to appear in court and current situation of witness protection, the effect of the witness to testify and other issues; Then it will make an analysis of the reasons and put forward some relevant countermeasures and suggestion for discussion, hoping that it helps on the implementation of the present of witnesses system as well as those relevant justice practices in the new Criminal Procedural Law of China which makes it closer to the ideal state of the modern judicial.