On The Impact Of Public Opinion On China's Current Death Penalty Applies

Chinese folk "killer life" concept is long-standing, even more developed spiritual civilization of today. Reduce, limit the application of the death penalty, or even abolition of the death penalty has become a death penalty system trends throughout the world. In today’s China, accompanied by implementation, implementation of the policy of combining punishment with leniency in criminal, judicial application of the death penalty in the country has declined significantly. However, it should be noted that users of online media, represented by the so-called public opinion and case application of the death penalty clearly form a rivalry, public opinion in some cases, the sentencing has had an important impact. Public opinion on death penalty, both positive and negative impacts. Because the provisions of criminal law in a rigid, static, formal justice and substantive justice when the law is applied when a conflict occurs, as judicial organs, can only follow the forms of Justice, and justice, for the rule of law in the form of mass destruction against the risk of application of the death penalty could be incompatible with public opinion, public opinion can be to redress and monitoring the application of the death penalty, while also promoting the perfection of criminal law. In contrast, to treat "public anger" undue influence applies to death penalty cases, and to prevent the killing of misconceptions mistaken for public opinion. For this reason, it is necessary to change people’s ideas, and correctly guide public opinion, so that capital cases fully respect public opinion and public opinion as a factor, achieve the positive interaction of public opinion and the application of the death penalty.